Bin Laden's Daughter Leaves Iran, Arrives In Syria

A Saudi source has said that after three months of negotiations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, Iman bin Laden, the daughter of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has been permitted to leave Iran and has arrived in Syria, where she will be staying with her mother.

First Branch of Iranian Bank to Open in Basra

The Iranian Consulate in Basra, Iraq has announced that the governed-owned Bank Melli Iran will open a branch in Basra – the first in southern Iraq.

Afghanistan President To Visit Iran

The spokesmen for the Afghanistan president and for the Afghan foreign minister have told the Iranian news agency Fars that Afghan President Hamid Karzai would visit Iran in the next two weeks.

Iranian Nuclear Chief: We're Ready For Uranium Exchange Deal On Iranian Soil

In an interview with the Iranian daily Javan, Iranian Atomic Energy Agency chief Ali Akbar Salehi said that Iran was ready to transfer 1,200 kg of 3.5%-enriched uranium in exchange for 120 kg for 20%-enriched uranium for the Tehran nuclear reactor...

In Iran, 50 Detained In Charshambe Soori Events

Photo: ISNA

Iranian deputy police chief Ahmad Reza Radan has said that Tehran police yesterday arrested 50 rioters during a ceremony marking the Zoroastrian fire holiday Charshambe Soori.

Mousavi: Green Movement Will Lead To Victory

In a speech to supporters, Iranian Green (protest) Movement leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said that in the coming Persian year will be a year of tolerance and resistance, until the Green Movement triumphs.

'Kayhan': Nazis, Fascists Have Returned To Germany, Italy

The Iranian daily Kayhan stated that the release of PJAK leader Abdolrahman Hajj Ahmadi by the German authorities, and the arrest of Iranian TV correspondent Hamid Ma'souminejad by Italy...

'Al-Sharq Al-Awsat': Bin Laden's Daughter To Leave Iran For Syria

The London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reports that Iman, daughter of Osama bin Laden, is expected to leave Iran sometime in the next two days and go to Syria, and that her mother, who arrived in Tehran about 10 days ago, will accompany her.

Iran Ambassador To Damascus Lauds Palestinian Resistance

Iranian Ambassador to Damascus Hojjatoleslam Ahmad Mousavi has said that the Zionist regime of Israel failed to achieve its goals in Gaza due to the resistance shown by the Palestinian people.

Iran Dispatches New Fleet of Warships to Gulf of Aden

The Iranian Navy has dispatched a seventh flotilla of warships to the Gulf of Aden to defend the country's cargo ships and oil tankers against continued attacks by Somali pirates.

Criticism In Iran Over Meeting Of Israeli, Iranian Sports Reps

The Iranian website Tabnak has criticized the participation of the Iranian Tae Kwan Do Association heads in meetings with representatives of Israel's Tae Kwan Do delegation in Cairo...

Ahmadinejad Office Director: Israel Will Be Destroyed In Less Than Two Weeks

In a speech in Berlin, at a conference of Iranians living in Germany, Esfandyar Rahim Mashai, director of the office of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said...

Army Commander Underlines Iran's Crushing Response to Aggression

Iranian Army naval commander Maj.-Gen. Ataollah Salehi reiterated today that Iran's response to any potential threat would be decisive.

He warned that any enemy aggression will be reciprocated by a crushing response.

Majlis Members Demand Action Against Dissident Academics

In Iran, 130 Majlis members have demanded that Science, Research, and Technology Minister Kamran Daneshju act against university lecturers who are acting to topple the regime and to spread secularism in society.

In Iran, Tension In Advance Of Zoroastrian Holiday

On the eve of the March 17 Charshambe Soori holiday in Iran, Tehran prosecutor-general Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi announced that six of the detainees from the December 27 Ashura Day protests had been sentenced to death.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and regime-supporting ayatollahs called on the public not to celebrate the holiday, saying it was based in superstition and had no Islamic basis.

In Iran, Regime Supporters Attack Protest Movement Leader Karroubi's Home

Supporters of the regime in Iran yesterday attacked the home of protest movement leader Mehdi Karroubi, calling "Death to Mousavi and Karroubi" and demanding that they be prosecuted, along with Mohammad Khatami.

Brazilian President To Visit Iran In May

Iran-Brazil Friendship Association chairman Mir-Qassem Momeni has said that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is to arrive for a visit in Iran on May 15, at the head of an economic delegation.

Iran, Abd Al-Qadr Khan: Iran Didn't Conduct Nuclear Negotiations With Pakistan

In an interview in Pakistan with the Iranian news agency IRNA, Pakistani nuclear scientist Abd Al-Qadr Khan denied a report in the Washington Post newspaper yesterday about Tehran's contacts with Pakistan two decades ago vis-à-vis purchasing an atom bomb.

Iran Temporarily Frees U.S. Scholar Tajbakhsh for Nowruz Holiday

Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said Sunday that Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh has been temporarily released, as the country prepares for festivities marking the Persian New Year.

"Tajbakhsh has gone on a 15-day break on $800,000 bail," Jafari Dolatabadi was quoted by ISNA as saying.

Tajbakhsh, a sociologist and former urban planning consultant with the Open Society Institute of U.S. financier George Soros, was arrested last July during a protest demonstration in Tehran.

Larijani: Jihad – The Revival of Islam

Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said that the Muslims have failed in the struggle against Israel because they have abandoned the path of jihad.

Saudi Arabia: We Will Not Pressure China about Iran

A senior Saudi source has denied the reports that Saudi Arabia has agreed to pressure China to support sanctions on Iran.

Source: Al-Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), March 13, 2010

Iran Arrests 30 on Charges of Working for CIA

The Tehran Chief Prosecutor's Office announced that 30 individuals have been arrested on charges of espionage. According to the Iranians, they belonged to two CIA cells.

American Mediator Hooshang Reportedly Back in Tehran

The conservative Iranian daily Resalat criticized the regime for allowing American-Iranian businessman Hooshang Amirahmadi, founder and president of the American-Iranian Council, to visit Tehran.

Jomhouri-ye Eslami: Elements in Iraq Trying to Undermine Shi'ite Electoral Victory

The Iranian daily Jomhouri-ye Eslami warned that elements in Iraq affiliated with the U.S. and Saudi Arabia are trying to sabotage the electoral achievements of the Shi'ites, who won two thirds of the seats in parliament, by preventing the formation of a Shi'ite coalition

Iranian Daily: Biden Acknowledged US Weakness vis-à-vis Iran

The Iranian daily Resalat claimed that the White House was confused and helpless in the face of the coalition of Iran, Hizbullah, Hamas, Syria and Iraq.

Ayatollah Kashani In Iran Friday Sermon: Germany's Freeing Of PJAK Leader Means 'West Supports Terrorism'; 'West Has Stood Against Iran's Scientific Progress'

Tehran Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said in his sermon today that the West was lying about terrorism.

Ayatollah Kashani said, "An individual who has carried out terrorist moves and is the famous terrorist in Kordestan province (PJAK leader Rahman Haji Ahmadi) goes to Germany, and German government arrests and then frees him within 24 hours."

Ahmadinejad: World Facing Tremendous Changes, Paving Way For Mahdi

In a speech in Hormozegan, in southern Iran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the world is facing tremendous changes; the arrogant ones will depart, and the path to the rule of the Mahdi [the Shi'ite Messiah] will open.

Iranian Foreign Ministry: Iran's Cooperation Depends On U.S. Influence On E.U.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast explained that Iran's cooperation with the E.U. will depend on...

Iranian Official: Not Enough Evidence To Prosecute Rafsanjani's Children

An official in the Judiciary Authority in Tehran province, Ali Reza Avai, has said that the cases of Faezeh and Mehdi Rafsanjani, children of Expediency Council chairman Hashemi Rafsanjani who are suspected of instigating riots after the June elections...

Ahmadinejad: Pakistan, Afghanistan Helped In Jundallah Leader's Arrest

At a joint press conference with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the capture of Abdolmalek Rigi...

Gulf States: We’re Acting So Iran Either Cooperates With IAEA – Or Has Sanctions Against It

Following the meeting of GCC foreign ministers in Riyadh on March 9, Kuwaiti deputy prime minister and foreign minister Dr. Muhammad Al-Sabah said that the Gulf countries were acting to get Iran to cooperate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency...

Iran's Jamaran Destroyer Successfully Test-Fires Intelligent Missile

Iran's first domestically produced Jamaran destroyer has successfully testfired a powerful and intelligent missile named 'Nour' (light), said Iranian Army Naval Forces commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari.

Ahmadinejad: Even War Cannot Save Israel; Younger Middle East Generation Will Cut Off U.S.'s Hands

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned Israel that initiating a new military conflict in the Middle East would not save it from downfall.

Iranian Majlis Speaker Lashes Out At 'Thuggish' Petraeus

Iranian Majlis speaker Ali Larijani criticized U.S. Central Command commander Gen. David Petraeus over what he termed his barrage of angry rhetoric about Iran's presidential election in June.

"The murderous government of the United States is a government of thugs which has killed thousands of Iraqis, Afghans and Palestinians," Larijani said on March 9.

Ahmadinejad Presents Plan For Afghanistan Crisis

Iranian Columnist In Syria Gov’t Paper: Damascus Summit Discussed Adding Iraq To Resistance Front

An Iranian columnist for the Syrian government daily Teshreen wrote that at the February 25 summit in Damascus, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, and Hizbullah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah discussed the addition of Iraq to the resistance front...

In Iran, Sunnis Protest Defamation Of Muhammad’s Wife

In response to statements by Iranian Majlis member Mehdi Kouchakzadeh that 'Aisha, wife of the Prophet Muhammad, had deviated from the righteous path, the highest ranking Sunni cleric in the country, Sheikh Abd Al-Hamid...

PJAK's Anti-Iran Crimes

Following Germany's refusal to extradite Abdolrahman Hajj Ahmadi, leader of the Kurdish separatist organization PJAK, and his subsequent release, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said that Europe had become a safe haven for terrorists.

Iranian Daily: Mousavi's Wife's Criticism – Koran Desecration

The Iranian daily Resalat stated that criticism of polygamy by Dr. Zahra Rahnvanard, the wife of protest movement leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, is Koran desecration...

Cartoon In Egyptian Weekly – Ahmadinejad To Hitler Photo: ‘He Looks Like Someone I Really Like, Long Live Democracy'

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