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Source: Xinhua August 31, 2010 TEHRAN — Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast on Tuesday called on the Muslim nations in the world to isolate Israel. Talking to reporters in his weekly press briefing, Mehmanparast said that all the Islamic countries should isolate Israel politically and economically. He said people around the world will participate [...]
Source: BBC August 31, 2010 France has said “insults” in the Iranian media aimed at its first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, are unacceptable. One state-run newspaper denounced her as a prostitute after she publicly criticised Iran for threatening to stone an Iranian woman to death. Iran urged its media not to insult foreign dignitaries. But Kayhan, [...]
Source: Agence France Presse (AFP) August 31, 2010 TEHRAN — Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has backed the Iranian government’s plan to scrap subsidies in the coming weeks, despite concerns from some conservatives of its inflationary impact. Khamenei has asked the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to “seriously apply… the plan for removing subsidies,” state [...]
By Ali Akbar Dareini Source: The Associated Press (AP)/Atlanta Journal Constitution August 31, 2010 TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has sought to distance itself from harsh remarks by a hard-line newspaper, which called France’s first lady a “prostitute” for condemning the stoning sentence against an Iranian woman convicted of adultery. In comments Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman [...]
By Ladane Nasseri Source: Bloomberg BusinessWeek August 31, 2010 Iran’s atomic energy chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, said his country will produce within a year the fuel needed for Tehran’s medical research reactor, state-run Press TV reported. Iran has enriched 25 kilograms (55 pounds) of uranium to the required 20 percent purity to fuel the reactor [...]
Source: Xinhua August 30, 2010 LA PAZ — Bolivian President Evo Morales criticized the sanctions of the United Nations (UN) Security Council against Iran for its nuclear project Monday. “Iran does not have a single nuclear bomb, according to different sources, while Israel has 60 to 200 nuclear bombs which have not been officially declared,” [...]
August 30, 2010 Members of the Motalefeh Party, close to Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, have criticised the appointment of special envoys by the government of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The ultra hardline Motalefeh party members claim that Iran’s special envoys to Afghanistan, Asia, the Caspian Sea and the Middle East should be appointed from within [...]
August 30, 2010 Kamran Daneshjou, Iranian regime’s Minister of Science has threatened that universities which oppose the regime and its paramilitary Bassij forces must be destroyed. According to the Mehr news agency on Sunday, Kamran Daneshjou added that the role of universities is to “train cadres for the establishment.” “If the thieves from the East [...]
Source: Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA) August 30, 2010 Arjang Davoudi was transferred to the prison clinic on a stretcher while he was unconscious on Sunday, August 29th. RAHANA: According to the Democracy and Human Rights Activists, he was given a form to sign in order to release the authorities from liability in case [...]