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Iranian asylum seeker dies from self-immolation in Amsterdam
THE HAGUE - An Iranian asylum seeker died Thursday, a day after he set himself alight in central Amsterdam, police said.
A police statement said the 36-year-old Iranian, who was rushed to hospital with severe burns after torching himself on Amsterdam's main square Wednesday, died early Thursday. Police initially said the victim's asylum request had been turned down but they later indicated that Iranian had appealed the decision and that the case was still under consideration.
A police statement said the 36-year-old Iranian, who was rushed to hospital with severe burns after torching himself on Amsterdam's main square Wednesday, died early Thursday. Police initially said the victim's asylum request had been turned down but they later indicated that Iranian had appealed the decision and that the case was still under consideration.
Turkey forces Iranian plane to land, suspects cargo
DIYARBAKIR - An Iranian airplane was forced to land at an airport in southeast Turkey late on Tuesday on suspicion that it may have been carrying arms to Syria, officials at Diyarbakir airport said. A Turkish foreign ministry official in Ankara confirmed that the plane had been asked to make a "technical landing", but declined to say why.
"The plane was coming from Iran and going to Syria. It was a cargo plane," the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the
"The plane was coming from Iran and going to Syria. It was a cargo plane," the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the
Israel seizes ship with Iranian arms for Gaza
JERUSALEM - Israeli naval commandos on Tuesday seized a cargo ship in the Mediterranean carrying what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said were Iranian-supplied weapons intended for Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.
A military spokeswoman said Israeli forces met no resistance when they intercepted the German-owned "Victoria" some 200 miles from Israel and were taking the vessel to the Israeli port of Ashdod.
Israel maintains a land and naval blockade of the Gaza
A military spokeswoman said Israeli forces met no resistance when they intercepted the German-owned "Victoria" some 200 miles from Israel and were taking the vessel to the Israeli port of Ashdod.
Israel maintains a land and naval blockade of the Gaza
‘Terrorists’ kill four Iranian forest guards
TEHRAN - Four Iranian forest guards have been killed in what an official said was a "terrorist act" in the western province of Kurdistan, ISNA news agency reported on Saturday.
"Preliminary investigations show that this terrorist act was brutally carried out by anti-revolutionary forces," Kheyrollah Moradi, head of the provincial environmental organisation, was quoted as saying. He said the four went missing from an area called Dooshan at about 09:30 am (0600 GMT) on Friday, and
"Preliminary investigations show that this terrorist act was brutally carried out by anti-revolutionary forces," Kheyrollah Moradi, head of the provincial environmental organisation, was quoted as saying. He said the four went missing from an area called Dooshan at about 09:30 am (0600 GMT) on Friday, and
Iranian Suez transit was ‘provocation’: Israel
MADRID - Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Wednesday that the passage of two Iranian warships through Egypt's Suez Canal for the first time since Iran's 1979 revolution was a "political provocation". The Kharg, a supply ship, and the Alvand patrol frigate sailed through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean on Tuesday on their way to Syria, an Iranian ally and Israeli enemy, in what Tehran has described as a routine visit.
But analysts have said the move was an attempt by
But analysts have said the move was an attempt by
UN nuclear body may highlight Iranian military concerns
VIENNA - The UN atomic watchdog may soon spell out in more detail its concerns about possible military aspects to Iran's disputed nuclear programme, Western diplomatic sources say. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is considering including an annex on the issue in its next regular report on Iran's atomic activities due this month, ahead of a meeting in early March of its 35-nation governing board, one source said.
Such a move would signal the UN body's growing
Such a move would signal the UN body's growing
Hundreds march in Iranian opposition rally
TEHRAN - Hundreds of Iranians marched toward a Tehran square on Monday in a banned rally supporting popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, but their way was blocked by police and security forces, witnesses said. The march was a test of strength for the reformist opposition, which has not taken to the streets since Dec. 2009, when eight people were killed. But Iranian security forces are still unlikely to hesitate to use all means to stop any protest.
Opposition leaders
Opposition leaders
Bomb attack survivor is new Iranian atom chief
TEHRAN - Iran has appointed nuclear scientist Fereydoon Abbasi Davani, who survived a bomb attack in November, as the country's new atomic chief, state television reported on its website on Sunday.Abbasi Davani, a target of UN sanctions, replaces Ali Abkar Salehi who was endorsed as foreign minister last month. The announcement of his appointment was declared in an order issued by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the television website said.
"You are hereby appointed as a vice
"You are hereby appointed as a vice
KP seeks Iranian investment to eradicate terrorism
PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti has invited the Iranian government and entrepreneurs for investing in the province, saying "stimulating the economic activities can help them eradicate terrorism and militancy."
He was addressing a ceremony arranged by Peshawar based Consulate General of Islamic Republic of Iran and chaired by a senior journalist Amir Mohibyan the other day in connection with 32nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. He
He was addressing a ceremony arranged by Peshawar based Consulate General of Islamic Republic of Iran and chaired by a senior journalist Amir Mohibyan the other day in connection with 32nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. He
‘Deal signed to supply Iranian fuel to Afghans’
TEHRAN - Iran said on Sunday it had reached an agreement with Afghanistan to supply Iranian fuel to the war-torn country and started supplying the products to its neighbour's private sector. Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi said, "Afghanistan's private sector buys all its needed products from Iran," the oil ministry news service Shana reported.
"Oil products were already transited to Afghanistan and we hope from now on this country makes all its (fuel) purchases from Iran as there
"Oil products were already transited to Afghanistan and we hope from now on this country makes all its (fuel) purchases from Iran as there
US sanctions Iranian, Turkish firms for missile aid
WASHINGTON - The US Treasury on Tuesday blacklisted six individuals and five business entities in Iran and Turkey for providing materials and support to Iran's ballistic missile development efforts.
The sanctions target a procurement network that has facilitated more than $7 million in transactions for Aerospace Industries Organisation, which oversees all of Iran's missile industries, the Treasury said in a statement. The actions ban US entities from transactions with the
The sanctions target a procurement network that has facilitated more than $7 million in transactions for Aerospace Industries Organisation, which oversees all of Iran's missile industries, the Treasury said in a statement. The actions ban US entities from transactions with the
35 survive Iranian air crash, 70 killed
TEHRAN - An airliner with Iran Air crashed on Sunday near a northwestern city in bad weather and broke into pieces, killing at least 70 of the 105 people on board, state news agency IRNA reported.
"Based on information received so far, 70 people have been killed and 32 injured" in the crash, Heydar Heydari, deputy head of the Iranian Red Crescent, told IRNA. The Mehr news agency quoting a medical official as reporting that 70 bodies had been transferred to hospitals.
The
"Based on information received so far, 70 people have been killed and 32 injured" in the crash, Heydar Heydari, deputy head of the Iranian Red Crescent, told IRNA. The Mehr news agency quoting a medical official as reporting that 70 bodies had been transferred to hospitals.
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Iranian defector ‘saw North Korean technicians’ in Tehran
PARIS: A former Iranian diplomat who defected to the West said Tuesday he had regularly seen North Korean technicians at Tehran airport between 2002 and 2007.
Western intelligence agencies suspect North Korea may be helping Iran to develop long-range ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons technology. Tehran insists it simply wants to develop civilian nuclear power. Mohammed Reza Heydari, Iran's former consul general in Norway, defected amid protests in his homeland over Iranian
Western intelligence agencies suspect North Korea may be helping Iran to develop long-range ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons technology. Tehran insists it simply wants to develop civilian nuclear power. Mohammed Reza Heydari, Iran's former consul general in Norway, defected amid protests in his homeland over Iranian
‘US pressure’ forced Gambia to sever Tehran ties: Iranian MP
TEHRAN: A senior Iranian MP accused Gambia on Tuesday of bowing to pressure from the United States after the tiny African country severed ties with Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported.
"This move is seen as a result of American pressure as well as US policies aimed at damaging Iran's relations with different countries, including in Africa," said Alaeddin Borujerdi, the head of parliament's foreign policy commission.
The lawmaker sought to play down relations between
"This move is seen as a result of American pressure as well as US policies aimed at damaging Iran's relations with different countries, including in Africa," said Alaeddin Borujerdi, the head of parliament's foreign policy commission.
The lawmaker sought to play down relations between
Iranian woman sentenced to stoning could be pardoned
TEHRAN: There is a "good chance" that the life of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery could be spared, the head of Iran's High Human Rights Council said in an interview aired on Monday.
"Our judiciary made a lot of efforts (in reviewing the case) and we think there is a good chance her life could be saved," Mohammed Javad Larijani told Iran's English-language Press TV.
Larijani, who was speaking in English, did not give details of the judiciary's
"Our judiciary made a lot of efforts (in reviewing the case) and we think there is a good chance her life could be saved," Mohammed Javad Larijani told Iran's English-language Press TV.
Larijani, who was speaking in English, did not give details of the judiciary's
