Provides the latest RSS feeds for Iran News. 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 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:01:21 -0500 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:01:21 -0500 30 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has met lkeaders in Saudi Arabia and the UAE to garner support for increasing sanctions against Iran. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/611176/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:14:58 -0500 Iran Herald.com http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/611176/cs/1/ A top media rights watchdog has listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report on countries that pose a threat of internet censorship. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/611342/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:20:07 -0500 ANI http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/611342/cs/1/ With official visits overlapping in Afghanistan, Iran's outspoken president and the US defence secretary have accused each other of interfering in local affairs. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/610743/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:41:11 -0500 Iran Herald.com http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/610743/cs/1/ Tehran, March 13, IRNA – Cultural advisor of President Ahmadinejad and head of National Library and Document Organization signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) in bilateral cooperation with hi... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33076707/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:05:18 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33076707/ TEHRAN: The wife of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi called the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "illegitimate," the reformist Kaleme website reported Thursday.Supreme Leader Ayatollah ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33073886/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:18:46 -0500 Times of Oman http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33073886/ Several prominent detainees arrested in the wake of Iran's postelection unrest have been freed from prison. But Iranian authorities' motivation in freeing the prisoners remains unclear. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33073880/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:11:11 -0500 Spero News http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33073880/ LONDON: Britain’s ambassador to China said on Friday that Beijing risks isolation if it fails to join international efforts to impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. Speaking via vid... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33073781/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:56:03 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33073781/ WASHINGTON: The United States accused Thursday China and Iran of worsening human rights abuses as it raised the alarm about growing anti-Semitism worldwide and discrimination of Muslims in Europe. In ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33073787/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:56:01 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33073787/ Bandar Abbas, Hormuzgan Province, March 12, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that work which has been done in the province of Hormuzgan is a source of pride. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33074200/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:23:35 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33074200/ New Delhi, March 12, IRNA -- India and Russia Friday signed five agreements to enhance cooperation in the areas of nuclear energy, space science and have finalised long pending defence cooperation pro... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33070304/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:32:04 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33070304/ Ordinary Iranians are exp­an­ding an informal network of savings funds because the established banks are struggling under the impact of international sanctions and bad loans totalling $45bn (€33bn... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33070689/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:13:47 -0500 Financial Times http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33070689/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said world leaders are afraid that Israel may attack Iran if a diplomatic solution over the country’s nuclear program is not... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33066951/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:51:16 -0500 Business Week http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33066951/ London, Mar 12, IRNA – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown joined forces Friday with French President Nicolas Sarkozy to criticise the US for "protectionism" over an aerospace deal. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33067248/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:32:30 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33067248/ London, Mar 12, IRNA – Britain’s largest supermarket chain, Tesco, is facing prosecution for selling falsely-labelled goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33067250/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:32:29 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33067250/ New Delhi, March 12, IRNA -- The Appeal of Conscience Foundation announced to felicitate India’s Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with its prestigious World Statesman Award for the year 2010. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33065914/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:32:28 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33065914/ Berlin, Mar 12, IRNA -- NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen reiterated on Friday his commitment to nuclear deterrence amid mounting calls within the western military pact to press ahead with ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33067249/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:32:28 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33067249/ Further action would start after April 14 if a resolution in the long-running dispute over proposals to cut staff pay was not found, it said. Unite, Britain’s largest trade union, described the act... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33066083/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:32:25 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33066083/ London, Mar 12, IRNA – The Liberal Democrat’s shadow defence minister Willie Rennie has criticised the government’s plans to censor the reporting of the Afghan war in the lead up to the UK elect... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33064410/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:21:29 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33064410/ Bandar Abbas, Hormuzgan prov., March 12, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday stressed the fair distribution of allocated budget among urban and rural areas. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33064583/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:21:28 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33064583/ London, Mar 12, IRNA – British troops are to hand over control of the largest town in north Helmand to US forces as part of a major "rebalancing" of UK forces in Helmand, the Defence Secre... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33064582/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:21:26 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33064582/ SAO PAULO, Brazil - President Lula of Brazil, who in October will conclude his second term in office (and his last permitted by the state's constitution), is the most popular head of state in the coun... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33061974/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:30:13 -0500 Haaretz http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33061974/ Berlin, Mar 12, IRNA - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri are to discuss the situation in the Middle East when they meet in Berlin on Monday, deputy government spo... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33061384/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:57:17 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33061384/ New Delhi, Mar 12, IRNA – Demanding immediate action over price rise, thousands of activists of Left parties on Friday staged protest in India’s national capital, Delhi. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33061675/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:57:15 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33061675/ Tehran, March 12, IRNA – Tehran’s Substitute Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said at the present sensitive international juncture, it was the duty of all walks of Iranian na... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33062234/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:57:13 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33062234/ March 12, 2010 Defense Secretary Robert Gates is wrapping up a week-long tour through Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf. A common thread ran through talks in all the capital cities he visited: Iran. U.... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33059658/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:01:12 -0500 NPR http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33059658/ Tehran - A convicted drug trafficker was hanged in public in south-western Iran, ISNA news agency reported Friday. ISNA said that the man was hanged on Wednesday in the city of Ahvaz after his initial... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33059649/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:51:23 -0500 Earth Times http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33059649/ New Delhi, March 12, IRNA -- Traditional partners India and Africa will be once again reaffirming their commitment to work in unison toward the development of their economies and to strengthen the ten... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33059553/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:21:16 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33059553/ Dushanbe, March 12, IRNA -- First Exhibit of Four Iranian Women’s Artworks including calligraphy, miniature, painting and illumination is underway in Dushanbe. It will work until March 14. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33059970/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:21:16 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33059970/ Isfahan, March 12, IRNA -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will leave for Isfahan on March 15 to take part in Conference on ‘Eternal Luminaries’ and launch several projects. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33059971/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:21:15 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33059971/ Bandar Abbas, Hormuzgan prov, March 12, IRNA -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday acknowledged Iranian nation's contribution to religious values in the face of the Western ignorance of the relig... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33059972/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:21:13 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33059972/ By Mahan Abedin The dramatic arrest of Abdulmalik Rigi, Iran's most wanted man, on February 23 continues to be shrouded in mystery. But with information and insights gleaned from security sourc... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33059384/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:02:00 -0500 Asia Times http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33059384/ By Anne Gearan ASSOCIATED PRESS ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates | Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Thursday that Persian Gulf allies understand sanctions are the inevitable next step in dealing... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33057111/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:42:59 -0500 Washington Times http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33057111/ March 12, 2010 Defense Secretary Robert Gates is wrapping up a week-long tour through Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf. A common thread ran through talks in all the capital cities he visited: Iran. U.... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33057708/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:30:46 -0500 NPR http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33057708/ India’s Home Minister P Chidambaram and Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik were engaged in an unusual exchange of words today with the minister stating that all militant outfits across the bord... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33057761/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:52:24 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33057761/ BRUSSELS, Mar 11, 2010 (AFP) - The point-man for European Parliament relations with Iraq accused on Thursday top Iraqi electoral commission figures of rigging the election at Iran's behest."I... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33057245/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:46:19 -0500 Iran Focus http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33057245/ The New York TimesBy ELISABETH BUMILLERABU DHABI — Defense secretary Robert M. Gates met here on Thursday with the crown prince of the United Arab Emirates as part of an intensifying American ef... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33057707/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:46:18 -0500 Iran Focus http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33057707/ < 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } MINNEAPOLIS—Cindy Hickey had rehearsed what she would say to her son when she finally got to talk to him months after he was detained in Iran. When the time c... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33057706/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:42:58 -0500 Denver Post http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33057706/ Baghdad, March 12, IRNA -- Vote counting is underway in Iraq amid tight race between the Iraqi political parties for distribution of seats in the 325-member legislature. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33055424/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:24:43 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33055424/ U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Gulf states seem ready to push China to support fresh UN sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. Gates was in the United Arab Emirates to push for str... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33053515/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:44:28 -0500 Spero News http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33053515/ Beijing, March 12, IRNA -- A senior Chinese central banker dismmissed statement by US President Barack Obama that China should move to a more market-oriented exchange rate, saying on Friday that count... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33053456/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:00:34 -0500 IRNA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33053456/ (RTTNews) - The United States has criticized China and Iran for the increasing number of of violations of human rights, besides denouncing North Korea for its "deplorable" record of honoring human ri... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33053480/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:42:30 -0500 Quote.com http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33053480/ Tehran, March 11 : Iran has started production of new medium-range surface-to-air missiles with the aim of upgrading its air defence systems. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33044613/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:49:28 -0500 New Kerala http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33044613/ ABU DHABI: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday that leading Gulf states appeared ready to use their clout to lobby China to support sanctions against Iran over its disputed nuclear prog... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33044615/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:46:54 -0500 Arab News http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/33044615/