Iran stresses validity of agreements inked by Iran, former Soviet Union on Caspian Sea

Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in Tehran on Tuesday that any new agreement on the Caspian Sea legal regime should be based upon the previous agreements signed between Iran and the former Soviet Union, IRNA reported from Tehran on Tuesday.

The Iranian foreign minister called on all participating delegates to pay due attention to common interests of all littoral states, the sea's stability and security, environmental issues of the sea and economic prosperity of the littoral states.

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Countries surrounding the Caspian Sea and arguing over the Caspian Sea.

China: 6 nations in Iran nuclear talks this week

The five permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany will try this week to restart efforts to ensure Iran's nuclear intentions are peaceful.

The talks in China on Wednesday in the commercial hub of Shanghai aim to follow up on a package of political, security and economic incentives offered to in Iran June 2006 in tandem with further sanctions to punish Tehran's defiance.

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The UN security Council and Germany are worried that Iran is not going to use its nuclear weapons for peace. They went to China to discuss this problem.

Probes into Iran Deadly Blast Continue

Iran was on Monday investigating an explosion in a mosque in the southern city of Shiraz that killed 12 people and wounded more than 200.

The police commander said the munitions were apparently left behind after a "Sacred Defense" exhibition was held at the mosque, which also serves as a cultural center. "Sacred Defense" is a local reference to the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s.

"It was not because of bombing," Mohtaj said, but did not elaborate.

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A mosque was blown up but they claim it was an accident not a bomb. They believe that it was past weapons that were held there exploded and it was an accident.

Iran cleric rejects Bush's accusations on Iraq

An influential Iranian cleric on Friday rejected President George W. Bush's accusations that Iran was arming and funding Shi'ite militias in Iraq to kill American soldiers, state radio reported.
Iran has never interfered in Iraq ... such claims are sheer lies made by Iraq's occupiers to continue Iraq's occupation," Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a senior advisor to Iran's top authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told worshippers in a Friday prayers sermon at Tehran University.

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The Us believes that Iran is helping Iraqi soldiers kill Americans, but Iran has disagreed.

U.S. has photos of secret Iran nuclear sites

The United States has evidence that Iran has secretly been building large nuclear facilities -- sites that could possibly be used to make nuclear weapons, senior U.S. officials tell CNN.
But Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said the country's only nuclear activity is of a peaceful nature, and its facilities have been "regularly and frequently" inspected by the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA.

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the US believes that Iran has a larger nuclear program and that is making the US nervous. Iran claims that the program is for peace not war.

Iran launches some 500 new centrifuges to enrich uranium - agency

Iranian authorities have repeatedly said the country needs 50,000 centrifuges to provide its annual requirements for nuclear fuel.

Iranian nuclear officials in Natanz have launched about 500 new centrifuges to enrich uranium, a source told the Iranian agency IRNA .

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced tests on advanced nuclear equipment on Tuesday - Nuclear Technology Day in Iran - also adding that the country had started to install another 6,000 'ordinary' uranium enrichment centrifuges at its underground facility in Natanz.

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Iran is buying more centrifuges to help its nuclear program.

Iran in Olympics

Legendary Iranian slugger Mehdi Ghorbani has out-powered his Jordanian contender so that he can take part in the 2008 Olympic Games.Boxer Ghorbani's move into the final in Almaty, Kazakhstan, secured the 81 kg class boxer a much-coveted berth at the Olympics in Beijing.

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Iran is now definitely in the upcoming olympics.

Amin Ebrahim Nikfar breaks Iran's record in shot put

Tehran, March 24, IRNA - Amin Ebrahim Nikfar, Iran's champion in shot put, who lives in the USA, broke Iran's record in this athletic event.

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This article shows the victories that Iran has and how proud the people are of their victories

Iran's Inflation-Driven Housing Crisis

In the three years since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected president, Iranians have been had to contend with a novel kind of policy-making on domestic, foreign and economic affairs. One area that would appear to back up such claims is the housing sector, where Ahmadinejad's policies are widely blamed for fuelling an astronomical rise in prices over the last 18 months.

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This is a major economic problem because the people need to be able to buy houses and they can not because of the housing prices inflating.

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Satellite Launch over Summer

--Head of Iranian Space Organization said on Tuesday Kavoshgar-1 (Explorer-1) has transmitted data from 200 km above the earth’s hemisphere and the satellite ’Omid’ will be launched in summer.

"We have skilled manpower in the field of aerospace technology. Space technology courses have also been launched at the doctorate level,“ he added.

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Iran will be launching a satellite over the summer.

Vice President coming to Iran

President Bush is sending Vice President Dick Cheney to the Middle East, following on last week's trip to the region by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House, Cheney will be encouraging Israelis and Palestinians to move forward following an outbreak of violence in Gaza, and new concerns about Israel's settlements policy.

"His goal is to reassure people that the United States is committed to a vision of peace in the Middle East, that we expect relevant parties to obligate themselves - uphold their obligations on the road map," said Mr. Bush.

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Cheney is going to Iran to try to keep peace in Iran and the Middle East.

Indonesia supports Iran

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has thanked Indonesia for abstaining from a vote last week on a U.N. resolution that imposes new sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program.

Iran's state news agency, IRNA, says Mr. Ahmadinejad also described Iran and Indonesia as strong leaders in the Islamic world. It quotes him as saying that promoting bilateral relations would benefit other Muslim countries.

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Indonesia has decided to go against the UN and support Iran in their nuclear program.

Iran's President Claims no one likes Americans

"No one likes them," Ahmadinejad told reporters prior to returning to Iran, referring to the predominantly U.S. makeup of coalition forces in Iraq.

His visit follows trips to Iran last year by top officials of Iraq's Shiite-led government, which has been fostering a closer relationship with predominantly Shiite Iran since the Saddam Hussein regime was toppled by U.S.-led forces in 2003.

The Iranian president made digs at the United States. He contrasted his trip, which was advertised in advance, with the "stealth" visits of others, a reference to visits by U.S. officials who sometimes do not broadcast their visits to Iraq for security reasons.

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Iran wants countries, especially the United States, to stay out of their business. They are starting to get fed up.

China and Russia show sympathy

Russia and China Tuesday scuttled a Western attempt to introduce a resolution on Iran's nuclear defiance at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, diplomats said.

It came a day after the U.N. Security Council imposed another round of sanctions on Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment. Iran defiantly vowed to continue its nuclear program, which it insists is aimed only at generating power.

Asked why Russia and China were opposed, one of the diplomats said Moscow decided to withdraw its support "on principle" and Beijing, which often takes a cue from Russia on the Iran nuclear dispute, followed suit.

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China and Russia as major powers claim that the UN was too rough on Iran but they still believe that Iran is up to no good.

Iran being Contained

Nobody on any side of the Iran nuclear dispute believes that yesterday's U.N. sanctions vote is going to break the deadlock. Faced with continuing Iranian defiance of the demand that it suspend uranium enrichment until concerns over the intent of its nuclear program can be resolved, the Security Council passed a package that incrementally tightens existing sanctions. It banned travel by certain officials of Iran's nuclear program, freezing the assets of certain companies and barring Iran from importing certain dual-use technologies. But Iran has made quite clear that it has no intention of complying with the U.N.'s demand, which it deems "illegal," and it is more than capable of absorbing the very limited pain inflicted by the new measures.

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Iran has been contained by the UN in many ways. With restricting Iran, hopefully the nuclear program will hault. Iran still wants to continue the program and insists that the nuclear program is peaceful.

PM to Japanese Minister: Iran, N. Korea pose a threat to all of Asia

The Japanese minister agreed with Olmert, who stressed the extreme importance of preventing North Korea from transferring technological know-how to Middle East states, and ultimately preventing the dissemination of nuclear weapons in the Middle East.

The prime minister told Ishiba that "Iran stands at the head of the axis of evil." He added that together with North Korea, Iran poses a threat to the stability of the continent of Asia, and especially the Middle East.

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Great Britain and Japan are fearing that if the North Korea and the Middle East get together and share nuclear weapon ideas, it could cause major destruction and many problems.

Iran leader hails Ahmadinejad for 'nuclear success'

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday hailed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's role in the "great success" of the nuclear programme, amid threats of new sanctions against Tehran.

"One of the examples of achievements in last 29 years (since the Islamic revolution) is the nuclear issue," Khamenei told Iran's elite clerical body the Assembly of Experts, in comments broadcast on state television.


Representatives from six world powers met in Washington on Monday on a draft resolution imposing new sanctions proposed by permanent Security Council members Britain and France, after a new report by the UN atomic watchdog.

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Iran still wants to continue its nuclear program even though there are so many opposed to it. They see it as a need as other countries see it as a problem.