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  Last Update:  19 May 2012 17:13  GMT                                      Volume. 11434

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New modality can be devised during Amano visit, Iran says

Political Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said that he hopes an agreement will be reached to devise a new modality between Iran and the...

Lifting sanctions can be first positive step by 5+1: senior lawmaker

Political Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

TEHRAN – Deputy Majlis Speaker Mohammad Reza Bahonar has said that the first positive step that the six major powers can take in the upcoming nuclear...

Envoy hopes France will help advance Iran-5+1 talks

Political Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

TEHRAN - Iranian Ambassador to Paris Ali Ahani has said that he hopes France will help advance the next round of talks between Iran and the six major...

Iran optimistic about Baghdad talks: senior advisor

Political Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, has said that there is hope that talks between Tehran and world powers in...

Outsiders’ plans for Persian Gulf region doomed to failure: general

Political Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

TEHRAN – A senior military advisor to the Supreme Leader has said that any agreement on the Persian Gulf region made at the behest of outsiders is...

Persian Press Headlines - May 19

Political Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

TEHRAN-E EMROOZ: New wave of cancer, a gift of air pollution TAFAHOM: Iranian worshippers rally against proposed Bahrain-Saudi union EGHTESAD-E...

Major powers can regain Iran’s confidence in Baghdad: diplomat

Political Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

TEHRAN - Iranian Ambassador to Italy Mohammad Ali Hosseini has said that the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and...

Top Iranian, German diplomats talk ahead of Baghdad talks

Political Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, during a telephone conversation with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Saturday, said...

Official: Iran’s share of ECO trade stands at $10 billion

Economic Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

TEHRAN - Iran’s share of the annual trade turnover among the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is around $10 billion, said the head of the Trade Promotion...

Iran sanctions could cost South Africa

Economic Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

Weaning South Africa off Iranian crude oil could cost the country jobs, Energy Minister Dipuo Peters warned. Briefing the media at Parliament ahead of debate on...

Mehrdad Oskuii’s docs discussed at Austrian Film Archive

Art Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

TEHRAN -- The Austrian Film Archive (Filmarchiv Austria) discussed two films by the Iranian documentarian Mehrdad Oskuii on May 18 and 19. “It’s Always Late for...


Iran’s Farabi promoting productions at Cannes Film Market

Art Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

TEHRAN -- The Farabi Cinematic Foundation has offering a collection of Iranian movies at the Cannes Film Market, which is currently underway on the sidelines of the...


Iranian junior weightlifters finish 3rd at Worlds

Sports Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

Iran finished in third place at the World Junior Weightlifting Championships, which ended on Saturday in Antigua, Guatemala. The Iranian team won two gold medals,...

Iran’s Paralympic motto announced

Sports Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

TEHRAN – With a hundred days to go to the start of the 2012 Paralympic Games, Iran has announced its slogan for the event. “We will participate in the Paralympic...

Protest over Bahrain king's royal invite

Middle East Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

LONDON (Agencies) -- A group of Bahrainis who now live in London protested outside the Bahrain embassy in London over the...

9 killed, 100 injured in car bombing in Syria

Middle East Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

A car bomb explosion has hit the city of Dayr al-Zawr in eastern Syria, killing 9 people and injuring more than 100 others,...

Obama, Hollande disagree on Afghanistan

World Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

New French President Francois Hollande told President Barack Obama on Friday that he will stick by his pledge to withdraw...

NATO protesters occupy Chicago streets

World Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

CHICAGO (AFP) — Thousands of NATO protesters took to the streets of Chicago Friday chanting “tax the rich!” and calling for an...

Turtle fossil the size of a car was found in Colombia

Science Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

If earlier this year the Titanoboa display in the Grand Central Terminal was getting all the rave, researchers found another...

UK climate experiment canceled on patent concerns

Science Desk - Saturday, 19 May 2012

LONDON (Reuters) -- British scientists have abandoned an experiment to test the possibility of spraying particles into the...