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  • Obama welcomes Iran's election of moderate president Obama welcomes Iran's election of moderate president

    WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has urged Iran's newly elected president to prove to the world that the Islamic republic was not pursuing a nuclear weapon programme as the White House welcomed election of a moderate leader as a hopeful sign. "I think it says that the Iranian people want to move in a different direction," Obama said of the election results in Iran that saw a surprising ...

  • NRI lawyer wins Iran bank case in British Supreme Court

    Mumbai-born Parsi lawyer Sarosh Zaiwala Wednesday notched a remarkable success in a bank case in the British Supreme Court, with major ramifications on the international banking system, an official said. By the court verdict, the British government's sanctions on Iran's largest private bank, Bank Mellat, were lifted after the its security service's "Secret Court" failed to produce significant ...

  • PM congratulates President-elect Rowhani of Iran

    The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has congratulated President-elect Hasssan Rowhani of Iran on his election. Dr. Singh in his congratulatory message said India and Iran enjoy deep historical and civilizational links, which have provided a strong foundation for our broad-based and mutually beneficial relationship. "We look forward to strengthening this relationship further and ...

  • Israel wants Iran to halt uranium enrichment

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his country would not accept anything less than the total halt of Iranian uranium enrichment. "We cannot accept anything less than a total cessation of all enrichment of nuclear materials at all levels, removal of all enriched nuclear material and a closure of Iran's illicit nuclear facilities," reported Xinhua citing Netanyahu during ...

  • Iran Begins Diplomatic Offensive in Persian Gulfs Arab States

    Tehran, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Iran started today a diplomatic offensive in three of its Persian Gulf neighbouring nations, led by Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. According to a announcement released by IRNA news agency today, the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister is scheduled to meet with his counterparts from the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Oman. ...

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Cop Land

I've heard too many people describing James Mangold's "Cop Land" as a movie about one good sheriff taking on a precinct of corrupt cops. Yes, that is part of the story, but it's not what the film is about. The good cop/bad cop is just the framework the movie uses to tell a tale of disillusionment, loss, and one man's harsh realization that what he looked up to all his life was wrong. The he ... ...

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  • Moscow Against Arab Involvement In P5+1 Talks

    Call for Softening Sanctions Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rejected the idea of participation of Persian Gulf littoral states in the next round of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers. "This framework of negotiations is enough," Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA) quoted Lavrov as saying on Tuesday. Iran and the P5+1 group--Russia, China, France, ...

  • India Supportive of Iran’s Disarmament Conference Presidency

    Call for Softening Sanctions Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rejected the idea of participation of Persian Gulf littoral states in the next round of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers. "This framework of negotiations is enough," Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA) quoted Lavrov as saying on Tuesday. Iran and the P5+1 group--Russia, China, France, ...

  • Top British Court Quashes Bans On Iranian Bank

    India Supportive of Iran's Disarmament Conference Presidency In a rebuke to the US, India on Tuesday declared support for Iran's presidency of the Conference on Disarmament, the UN's panel on nuclear disarmament. The US and Canada have boycotted the CD since Iran took over the presidency on May 27. Declaring it 'an honor to speak during the presidency of Iran', ...

  • Nanobiosensor Blocks Organ Transplant Rejection

    Iranian researchers at Tabriz University have developed a nanobiosensor to measure cyclosporine, a material used to block transplant rejection of body organs. Abdolreza Mir-Mohseni, the lead author of the project, said the research aims at developing sensors with QCN and using polymeric reformers to measure the level of lead and cyclosporine in blood samples, ISNA reported. Cyclosporine is ...

  • HIV Prevention Programs Underway

    Society Desk Iran's Health Ministry has expressed concerns over the return of HIV infection among Iranian drug addicts using shared syringes. Dr. Abbas Sedaqat, the head of HIV Department in Health Ministry, said that to reduce the risk of HIV, more preventive programs should be implemented. "The supervision and evaluation of HIV transmission have been underway in Iran since past ...

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