Iran Focus: Ankara, Aug. 14 – Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Istanbul on Thursday to hold talks with senior Turkish officials.
Iran’s Ahmadinejad in controversial visit to Turkey
Iran’s Ahmadinejad in controversial visit to Turkey
Iran Focus: Ankara, Aug. 14 – Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Istanbul on Thursday to hold talks with senior Turkish officials.
Iran’s oil industry turns east for finance
Reuters: Asia can provide the finance Iran needs to develop its oil and gas reserves, the world's second largest, limiting the impact of U.S. sanctions and pressure, a top Iranian oil official said on Thursday.
Iran FM holds phone talks with China, Germany, Russia
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 14 – Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki held telephone conversations on Wednesday with his Chinese, German, and Russian counterparts.
Iran FM holds phone talks with China, Germany, Russia
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 14 – Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki held telephone conversations on Wednesday with his Chinese, German, and Russian counterparts.
Ahmadinejad in new Israel tirade before Turkey trip
Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched a fresh verbal attack on Israel on Wednesday on the eve of a visit to Israel's close ally Turkey, saying Western countries should not support the Jewish state.
Israelis as friends? Iran legislators say no
New York Times: There are some things, Iran’s Parliament has decided, that a public official should simply not be allowed to say — especially in reference to Israel.
Iranian minister’s Oxford degree apparently fake
AP: Iran's new interior minister has raised an uproar among lawmakers and Iranian media over an apparently fake claim that he holds an honorary doctorate from Britain's Oxford University. To back his case, he's shown off a degree certificate riddled with spelling and grammar mistakes.
Iran confident over talks on disputed nuclear programme
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday sounded an upbeat note on talks with Western powers on Tehran's contested nuclear programme, saying they were going in the "right direction."
Influential Iran cleric slams Ahmadinejad on economy
Reuters: An influential Iranian cleric harshly criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for failing to pursue a policy of privatization to overhaul the lumbering economy, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
