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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Iran Herald.com http://www.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/ en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:54:29 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:54:29 -0400 30 The incoming head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says he knows of no hard evidence that Iran is trying to gain the ability to develop nuclear weapons. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/514936/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:44:33 -0400 Iran Herald.com http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/514936/cs/1/ South African police have seized a large quantity of heroin which they say was smuggled into the country from Iran. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/515050/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:42:11 -0400 Iran Herald.com http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/515050/cs/1/ The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding freedom of expression and press freedom on Friday voiced his strong support for the recent call issued by the foreign ministers of the Group of Eight (G8) nations on Iran to respect fundamental human rights. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/514957/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:02:07 -0400 Iran Herald.com http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/514957/cs/1/ US President Barack Obama has been squabbling with West European leaders over how to handle issues such as the global economic crisis and climate change, and those differences appeared to hang over the upcoming G8 summit in Italy. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/514964/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:40:14 -0400 Iran Herald.com http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/514964/cs/1/ Iran has freed three more staff members of the British embassy who were detained on charges of stoking the post-election unrest, a media report said Friday. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/514801/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:50:02 -0400 Iran Herald.com http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/514801/cs/1/ Last updated: 2:34 amJuly 4, 2009 Posted: 2:17 amJuly 4, 2009 Iran will stage a show trial of British Embassy staffers arrested for allegedly instigating postelection chaos, a top cleric announced yes... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25863033/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:32:28 -0400 New York Post http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25863033/ TEHRAN, Iran — A top aide of Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and accused him of committing crimes against the nation in an editorial Saturday. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25863223/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:22:47 -0400 The China Post http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25863223/ TEHRAN (Reuters) - A newspaper editor seen as close to Iran's top authority said on Saturday defeated election candidate Mirhossein Mousavi and a former pro-reform president had committed "terrible cr... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25863026/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:16:57 -0400 The Star http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25863026/ TEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior pro-reform cleric said many Iranians remained unconvinced about President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election because of voting "ambiguities" and the government could face pr... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25863217/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:05:42 -0400 Reuters http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25863217/ Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari and a number of reformist leaders in Iran are to face trial accused of "acting against national security," their lawyer Saleh Nikbakht told http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25863037/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:49:15 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25863037/ June 18: Although many in Iran didn't know Mir Hossein Mousavi a month ago, millions of protesters took to the streets Thursday in support of the man they believe is entitled to the presidency. NBC's ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25862898/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:14:15 -0400 MSNBC http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25862898/ TEHRAN - A leading Iranian daily called on Saturday for Mir Hossein Mousavi to be tried for treason, as hardliners stepped up their attacks on the opposition leader over the unrest that followed last ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25863031/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:43:46 -0400 Khaleej Times http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25863031/ The New York TimesBy MICHAEL SLACKMANPublished: July 3, 2009 CAIRO — Iranian leaders say they have obtained confessions from top reformist officials that they plotted to bring down the governmen... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25862872/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:42:38 -0400 Iran Focus http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25862872/ The latest hangings bring to at least 141 the number of people executed in the Islamic republic so far this year, according to a count based on news reports. In 2008, Iran executed 246 people, based ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25862890/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:05:16 -0400 News.com.au http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25862890/ The Associated PressBy SAM F. GHATTASBEIRUT (AP) — Syria's leader sent a July 4 message full of praise to President Barack Obama on Friday and invited him to visit Syria — the latest s... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25862874/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:42:35 -0400 Iran Focus http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25862874/ '); CAIRO | A powerful cleric said Friday that Iran will put British Embassy staffers on trial for fomenting postelection turmoil, a step that would likely increase Iran's isolation and alienate We... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25862665/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:39:13 -0400 Washington Times http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25862665/ Tehran - The chief editor of Iran's state-run newspaper Kayhan accused opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi and former president Mohammad Khatami of treason Saturday. "The two main protagonists Mous... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25863220/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:24:05 -0400 Earth Times http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25863220/ By Brian Ellsworth and Denise LunaRIO DE JANEIRO, July 3 (Reuters) - Brazil's state oil company Petrobras expects exploration of an Iranian block will yield disappointing results, a company direct... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25861088/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:21:31 -0400 Iran Focus http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25861088/ By Marie MaitreAIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, July 3 (Reuters) - Total's negotiations with Tehran on a multi-billion dollar contract to develop a major Iranian gas field are at a standstill, the head of... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25861086/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:21:29 -0400 Iran Focus http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25861086/ Nakilat and Qatargas announce the delivery of LNG ... Iran to invest $70bn in gas IPIC completes $5.0bn fund raising International Petroleum to borrow $5bn Taqa cuts Standard and Poor's link http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25861220/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:05:29 -0400 AME Info http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25861220/ European countries have reacted angrily to reports that Iran is planning to prosecute local staff from the British embassy in Tehran. All 27 EU member states have summoned the Iranian ambassadors in ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25859617/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:44:08 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25859617/ (CNN) -- Iranians worried about their loved ones detained in the protests that followed the presidential election got the ear of a former president, who wants the detainees released, an Iranian reform... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25859619/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:55:25 -0400 CNN http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25859619/ JERUSALEM: An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defence sources said yesterday, describing the unusual manoeuvre as a show of strategic reach ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25859457/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:18:23 -0400 The Peninsula http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25859457/ Iranian employees of the British Embassy in Tehran face the prospect of a show trial after the regime said that they had admitted conspiring against the Islamic Republic. The announcement, made... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25855845/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:57:28 -0400 Times Online http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25855845/ Merkel turning into a bit of a character Divisions in Ahmadinejad’s ranks add uncertainty to a lack of consensus, writes JEFFREY FLEISHMAN and BORZOU DARAGAHI in Cairo and Beirut IRAN’... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25855855/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:48:54 -0400 Irish Times http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25855855/ TEHRAN — Iran, stung by European Union criticism of its handling of post-election unrest, yesterday accused the 27-nation bloc of meddling and demanded an apology before any more talks on Tehran’s... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25853600/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:36 -0400 Times of Oman http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25853600/ TEHRAN: Outside the gates of Terhan's notorious Evin prison, hundreds wait impatiently - some with blankets spread out in the parking lot on the street below, making time for dinner. The improvised pi... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25853504/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:19 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25853504/ TEHRAN: A powerful Iranian cleric said Friday British Embassy local staff arrested for allegedly stoking unrest after the June election will be put on trial, a move that prompted coordinated protests ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25853375/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:12 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25853375/ The European Union is "ready to take action" if Iran does not free the remaining UK embassy staff held in Tehran, This warning was made Thursday by the Swedish EU presidency. European nations have b... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25853603/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:26:16 -0400 Novinite http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25853603/ Call it pulpit diplomacy. While Western politicians agonise over how to rebuke Iran without undermining talks on its nuclear aspirations, hardline mullahs use their Friday sermons to bullhorn their de... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25853450/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:32:28 -0400 Times Online http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25853450/ VIENNA — The incoming head of the UN nuclear watchdog yesterday said he did not see any hard evidence Iran was trying to gain the ability to develop nuclear arms.“I don’t see any evidence in IAE... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25853059/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:41 -0400 Times of Oman http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25853059/ Published Date: July 02, 2009 SIRTE: Iran's hardline president yesterday cancelled his first foreign trip since his re-election was confirmed, leaving African leaders to turn their focus to Somalia a... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25853483/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:34:59 -0400 Kuwait Times http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25853483/ NAJAF: There is no place outside Iran that has closer links to Tehran's ruling establishment than Iraq's holy Shiite city of Najaf, where the silence during Iran's post-election crisis says much about... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25853376/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:02 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25853376/ The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding freedom of expression and press freedom today voiced his strong support for the recent call issued by the foreign ministers of the Group of ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25851470/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:09:01 -0400 UN News Centre http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25851470/ LONDON: Britain’s efforts to isolate Iran over the arrests of its embassy staff in Tehran for allegedly fomenting the post-poll turmoil met with partial success on Friday when the European Union... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25851279/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:55:59 -0400 The Hindu http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25851279/ A convicted sex offender and drug dealer who was supposed to be deported from Canada after leaving Manitoba's Stony Mountain Penitentiary this week is free on bail and remains in the country. Farid N... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25851604/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:42:46 -0400 CBC News http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25851604/ European leaders finally began to throw their weight behind Britain today after Iran announced that British embassy staff would be forced to stand trial in Tehran. In a co-ordinated diplomatic ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25851341/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:07:57 -0400 Times Online http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25851341/ President Barack Obama on Friday and invited him to visit Syria — the latest signs Damascus is hedging its bets in Mideast politics, warming up to its rival http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25851394/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:31:54 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25851394/ VIENNA (Reuters) - The incoming head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday he did not see any hard evidence Iran was trying to gain the ability to develop nuclear arms. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25851462/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:46:44 -0400 The Star http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25851462/ In a sermon Friday, Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati (l.), head of the powerful Guardian Council, said the mass protests following Iran's contested June 12 election resulted from premeditated f... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25851393/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:03:53 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25851393/ LONDON, July 3 (Xinhua) -- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Friday that Britain is "urgently seeking" clarification from the Iranian authorities after a top Iranian cleric had said ear... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25851473/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:54:49 -0400 SINA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25851473/ The incoming head of the UN's nuclear watchdog has said that he has not seen any hard evidence that Iran is trying to develop atomic weapons."I don't see any evidence in IAEA [International Atomic Ene... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25851467/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:54:25 -0400 Al Jazeera http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25851467/ EU nations sought ways Friday to pressure Iran to free British embassy staff held in Tehran and end post-election repression, without jeopardising attempts to curb its nuclear programme.The most press... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25849191/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:36 -0400 Daily Star http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25849191/ (RTTNews) - In a strong and collective response from the European Union (EU) to ensure the release of the British embassy staff detained in Tehran, foreign ministries of its 27 member- states summone... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25849304/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:55:24 -0400 Quote.com http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/25849304/