Khamenei congratulates Iranian scientists on satellite launchTEHRAN - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has complimented Iranian scientists for their success in sending the first domestically-produced satellite into orbit, IRNA reported. Iran celebrates 30th anniversary of Islamic revolutionTEHRAN - Iran Sunday celebrated the 30th anniversary of the 1979 revolution by paying tribute to the late supreme leader and architect of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Former Iranian president hopes Obama to be fair, rationalTEHRAN - Iran expects new US President Barack Obama to adopt a fair and rational approach toward the Islamic state, former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani said here at a Friday prayer ceremony. Obama’s changes welcome, if serious: AhmadinejadTEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wednesday said that if the changes proclaimed by his US counterpart were serious, Tehran would welcome them. Be alert against enemy conspiracies, Ahmadinejad tells IraqisTEHRAN - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked Iraqi officials to be vigilant against enemy conspiracies, IRNA reported. Iran’s Ahmadinejad demands trial of Israeli leadersTEHRAN - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged the International Court of Justice to prosecute Israeli leaders for ‘war crimes’ in Gaza, Press TV reported Saturday. Raul Castro meets Iranian envoy, pledges stronger tiesHAVANA - Cuban President Raul Castro has expressed confidence in bolstering ties between Havana and Tehran while meeting Iran’s Industry and Mines Minister Ali Akbar Mezharabian, according to an official statement. Tehran guarantees Iranian Nobel peace laureate’s safetyTEHRAN - Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi was safe and there was no need for any international concern over her well-being, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi said Monday. Iranian leader calls on Arabs to stop ‘Zionist wolves’TEHRAN - Iran’s supreme leader Sunday called on Arab states to stop what he called ‘Zionist (Israeli) wolves’ from committing ‘further crimes’ against Palestinians in Gaza. |