Tehran
Iran's Ahmadinejad delays value-added tax for a year
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 09:48.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has delayed by at least one year the implementation of a controversial 3-per-cent value-added tax (VAT) following protests and strikes in bazaars in several cities, Fars news agency reported Monday.
Iranian moderate cleric declares presidential candidacy
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Sun, 10/12/2008 - 09:28.
Moderate cleric Mehdi Karroubi became the first candidate to officially declare his nomination Sunday for next June's presidential elections to challenge Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Iraqi speaker arrives in Tehran after inital entry refusal
Submitted by William Kaelin on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 10:49.Iraq's parliamentary speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani arrived in Tehran Tuesday for a two-day visit after his plane was intially refused permission to land the day before, Fars news agency reported.
Mottaki: Iran does not trust West over future nuclear cooperation
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Sun, 10/05/2008 - 13:14.
Iran would not trust the West over future nuclear cooperation, especially in the field of nuclear fuel, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Sunday.
Iranian MP against set up of US Council in Tehran
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Sun, 10/05/2008 - 08:26.
A senior Iranian member of parliament on Sunday harshly opposed the establishment of the American Iranian Council (AIC) in Tehran, ISNA news agency reported.
Ahmadinejad: Religious minorities all part of "Iranian family"
Submitted by Ljubomira Kalcheva on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 17:56.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday dismissed Western allegations of discriminating religious minorities and said that all minorities were part
Iranian speaker issues veiled warning following UN resolution
Submitted by William Kaelin on Sun, 09/28/2008 - 11:35.The Iranian parliament speaker on Sunday warned of "new decisions" by Tehran following the latest United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the country, ISNA news agency reported.
Iran's atomic chief to go to Vienna for IAEA General Assembly
Submitted by William Kaelin on Sat, 09/27/2008 - 11:10.
The head of the Iranian Atomic Organization will go to Vienna to attend the General Assembly of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), official news agency IRNA reporte
London - Aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce said Thursday it would cut up to 2,000 jobs worldwide as a result of the current economic "uncertainties."
Washington - Buying a new computer usually involves comparing models. Comparisons are more difficult than they used to be, as the number of choices has grown and manufacturers have started marketing computers with specific uses in mind.
Indian authorities have issued a birth certificate to a Japanese baby born to an Indian surrogate mother, easing the way for her Japanese father to take her home, news reports said Saturday.
