By Ataollah Mohajerani*
Source: Asharq Alawsat
In the last century, three revolutions have taken place in Iran: the Constitutional Revolution, the petrol movement, and the Islamic revolution.We can make a distinction between these revolutions based on their identities and directions. What were their slogans and their strategies? What was the role of clergymen? What was the role […]
Source: Breitbart.com
BEIJING, Jan. 18 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator said here Friday he is confident efforts to impose further U.N. sanctions against his country over its nuclear program will fail because world opinion is swinging toward his nation. Saeed Jalili said a recent U.S. intelligence report saying Iran scrapped attempts to develop nuclear weapons […]
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran on Sunday insisted its first nuclear power station would be launched in the summer of 2008, despite statements by the plant’s Russian constructors it will not go online until the end of the year.
“The Bushehr nuclear power station will launch at a capacity of 50 percent next summer,” said Foreign Minister […]
By ISABEL KERSHNER
Published: December 13, 2007
JERUSALEM — Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on Wednesday held their first meeting in what was supposed to begin a final peace process as envisioned by the American-sponsored conference in Annapolis, Md., last month, but the talks were marred by conflicting agendas and overshadowed by a sharp […]
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia and Iran reached an agreement Thursday on a schedule for finishing construction of the Bushehr nuclear plant, which plays a central role in the international tensions over Iran’s nuclear program, Russian news agencies reported.The reports cited the head of plant contractor Atomstroiexport, Sergei Shmatko, as saying details of the timetable would […]
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
Published: December 14, 2007
MOSCOW — Russia and Iran have resolved a dispute over payments for Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, the Russian contractor on the project said Thursday, adding that a schedule would soon be set for completing the long-delayed job.
The scheduled completion date is important because the […]
By REUTERS
Published: November 30, 2007
LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Iran pledged to pursue its disputed atomic programme as Europe’s top diplomat met Tehran’s main nuclear negotiator on Friday in a last effort to avert tougher sanctions.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said late on Thursday that nothing would deflect the Islamic Republic […]
BAGHDAD, (AP) - Iraq’s most influential Shiite politician said Sunday that the U.S had not backed up claims that Iran is fueling violence here, underscoring a wide gap on the issue between Washington and the Shiite-led Baghdad government.
A draft bill to ease curbs on ex-Saddam Hussein loyalists in government services also drew sharp criticism from […]
