Iran News – Iran increases fuel storage capacity (Zawya)
Iran increases fuel storage capacity (Zawya)
29 August 2009 Iran is to increase its fuel storage capacity by 15% to reach 10.9 billion liters, says the managing director of National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC).
Iran’s Hesamodin Seraj to go on European concert tour (Press TV)
Iranian vocalist Hesamodin Seraj is planning to perform traditional Persian music in Europe, accompanied by Iran’s Pars ensemble.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad urges prosecution of opposition leaders (Los Angeles Times)
The Iranian president appears to be defying Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had taken a more conciliatory stance toward dissenters. The U.N. nuclear watchdog issues latest report on inspections. Iran’s hard-line president Friday demanded the prosecution of top opposition leaders, raising the political temperature anew just a day and a half after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sought to cool …
Nuclear Agency Says Iran Has Bolstered Ability to Make Fuel but Slowed … – New York Times
The slowdown puzzled the inspectors, and Iran offered no clues about whether technical problems or political considerations accounted for its action. Nonetheless, outside nuclear experts who dissected the agency’s latest report — a critical one …
‘The Ayatollah Begs to Differ’ from Hooman Majd sheds light on modern Iran: New in Paperback (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Anchor, 272 pp., $14.95When protesters flooded the streets of Tehran in June to decry the re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, my confusion made me realize how little I knew. While Marjane Satrapi’s “Persepolis” and Azar Nafisi’s “Reading Lolita in…
Iran’s President Seeks Arrests of Top Opposition Leaders (Washington Post)
TEHRAN, Aug. 28 — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Friday for the leaders of Iran’s opposition to be prosecuted over the post-election turmoil in the country, stepping up pressure against pro-reform activists who say he won the June 12 election by fraud.
Hardline prosecutor in Iran trial fired – MSNBC
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s new judiciary chief has fired the hard-line prosecutor involved in the mass trial of opposition activists charged with seeking to topple the ruling system through a “velvet revolution,” state media reported Saturday. Saeed …
Iran hails IAEA report as positive – Gulf Times
Iran welcomed yesterday as “positive” the UN atomic watchdog’s latest report on its nuclear programme, but vowed to continue enriching uranium. “Fortunately the current IAEA report has been more positive than the earlier ones due to the new …
IAEA: Iran still defiant on nuclear effort (UPI)
TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (UPI) — The International Atomic Energy Agency says the Iranian government is still defying the international community over its controversial nuclear program.
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