August, 2007

• 24 August

  DM Highlights Preparedness of Iranian Armed Forces

  Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar Thursday underlined full preparedness of his country’s armed forces, saying that Iranian troops are closely monitoring enemy moves in the region.

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• 24 August

  VP Felicitates Uzbekistan on National Day

  Iran’s first Vice-President Parviz Davoudi extended his congratulations to the Uzbek government and nation on the country’s national day.

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• 24 August

  Families still Waiting to Meet Kidnapped Diplomats

  Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini said the US has not yet announced the exact date for a meeting between the five Iranian diplomats kidnapped by the US troops in Iraq and their family members.

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• 24 August

  VP Congratulates Kyrgyzstan on National Day

  Iran’s first Vice-President Parviz Davoudi extended his felicitations to the Kyrgyz government and nation on the country’s national day.

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• 24 August

  Freed SKoreans beg for release of others

  SEOUL, South Korea – Two South Korean ex-hostages begged for the release of 19 of their fellow church volunteers still held captive in Afghanistan, saying in an interview broadcast Thursday that their anguish for the others overshadowed the relief of being freed.Kim Kyung-ja, 37, and Kim Jee-na, 32, were among …

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• 24 August

  SKorean gave up freedom: former hostages

  SEOUL (AFP) – A South Korean woman aid worker held by Afghanistan’s Taliban gave up her chance of freedom so that another woman could be released in her place, two freed hostages have said.Kim Gi-Na and Kim Kyung-Ja made the disclosure in an interview with Al-Jazeera TV from the military …

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• 23 August

  Twenty-six killed in violence across Afghanistan

  KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents killed 10 Afghan security guards escorting a logistics convoy for U.S. forces in an ambush in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the head of the security detail said.Mohammad Salim said the attack took place on the main highway that runs through the province of Zabul. Elsewhere, …

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• 23 August

  German hostage on TV, appeals for help

  KABUL (AFP) – A German engineer and four fellow hostages held by the Taliban appealed for help in a video broadcast Thursday on private Afghanistan television which showed him slumped over and coughing.Speaking with apparent difficulty, Rudolph Blechschmidt said that he was a prisoner and in poor health, and urged …

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• 23 August

  Official Views US Blacklisting of IRGC Psychological Warfare

  An Iranian military official said here on Thursday that the US efforts to label the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group are aimed at launching a psychological war against the Islamic Republic.

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• 23 August

  Iran, Cuba, Libya Leading Preparations for UN Racism Conference

  With Libya at the helm, and Iran, Cuba and Pakistan among the 20 nations participating, a United Nations-convened meeting in Geneva next week will begin to lay the groundwork for a global conference on racism in 2009.

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