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Iran berates German official over new president’s “terrorist” ties

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 23 – Iran fired another salvo at Germany on Saturday over comments by Germany’s Interior Ministry who on Monday expressed concern over the newly-elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s ties with terrorism, saying that Ahmadinejad was “an Islamic fundamentalist who does not have an absolute distance with terrorism”.

Iran berates German official over new president’s “terrorist” ties

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 23 – Iran fired another salvo at Germany on Saturday over comments by Germany’s Interior Ministry who on Monday expressed concern over the newly-elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s ties with terrorism, saying that Ahmadinejad was “an Islamic fundamentalist who does not have an absolute distance with terrorism”.

Iran points finger at Israel for London, Sharm el-Sheikh bombings

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Iran Focus: Iran, Tehran, Jul. 23 – Iran’s Foreign Ministry today hinted at Israeli involvement in Saturday’s early-hours bombings in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, as well as Thursday’s attacks in London. Iran also accused Israel of being behind 90 percent of the insurgencies in Iraq.

Iran points finger at Israel for London, Sharm el-Sheikh bombings

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Iran Focus: Iran, Tehran, Jul. 23 – Iran’s Foreign Ministry today hinted at Israeli involvement in Saturday’s early-hours bombings in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, as well as Thursday’s attacks in London. Iran also accused Israel of being behind 90 percent of the insurgencies in Iraq.

Iran honours suicide bomber who killed 241 Americans in Beirut

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Iran Focus: The following report appeared in Iran’s influential daily Kayhan on December 1, 2004:
A memorial plaque commemorating the man who carried out the largest martyrdom-seeking operation against Global Arrogance [the United States and its allies”> will be unveiled tomorrow in Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery in Tehran.

Iran weekly advertises “application form” for suicide operations

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 23 – The following is the translation of the text of an advertisement that appears regularly in the hard-line weekly Parto Sokhan as part of a recruitment drive for suicide operation volunteers.
Click to see both original advert and text of English translation.

Iran weekly advertises “application form” for suicide operations

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 23 – The following is the translation of the text of an advertisement that appears regularly in the hard-line weekly Parto Sokhan as part of a recruitment drive for suicide operation volunteers.
Click to see both original advert and text of English translation.

Iran talks up nuclear centrifuge work before suspension

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AFP: Iran succeeded in building a “considerable” number of sophisticated centrifuges used for uranium enrichment before suspending the work under an agreement with the European Union in November, chief nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani said in comments published Saturday. “Today, the number of centrifuge machines manufactured and ready to function is considerable,” Rowhani told the conservative daily Kayhan without giving a number.

Shell says it faces sanctions in Iran

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AP: Royal Dutch Shell PLC disclosed in a filing this week that it faces risks of U.S. sanctions in Iran. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission related to the merging of its British and Dutch halves Wednesday, the oil company said its investments in Iran and Syria could mean it will be barred from financing by U.S. institutions.
The company declined to comment for this article.

Iran opens garrison to recruit suicide bombers against West

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 22 – A military garrison has been opened in Iran to recruit and train volunteers for “martyrdom-seeking operations”, according to the garrison’s commander, Mohammad-Reza Jaafari. Jaafari, a senior officer in the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), told a hard-line weekly close to Iran’s ultra-conservative President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the new “Lovers of Martyrdom Garrison” (Gharargahe Asheghane Shahadat, in Persian) …