April, 2007

• 19 April

  Afghanistan’s Hazaras still await their due

  By Raju Gopalakrishnan, Reuters When U.S.-led forces defeated the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan in 2001, the Hazaras, a tribe living in the central mountains, cheered the loudest. The mostly Shi’ite Hazaras had been oppressed by the Sunni rulers in Kabul through centuries of tumultuous Afghan history. But when the strictly …

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• 18 April

  Iran Keeps Equipment of 15 British Marines

  Equipment and weaponry of the 15 British marines were not returned to London, an informed source said here on Wednesday.

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• 18 April

  Iran’s Powerful Army Aims to Strengthen Regional Peace

  Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said his country’s powerful, efficient and well-equipped army is fully prepared to defend Iran while it merely seeks to reinvigorate sustainable peace, stability and security in the region.

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• 18 April

  Ahmadinejad Blasts West for Portraying a Belligerent Image of Iran

  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said those whose histories are filled with aggressions, oppressions and cruelties are indicting Iran for aggression and belligerency.

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• 18 April

  Iran Ready for Joint Cultural Cooperation with Armenia

  President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) Ezzatollah Zarqami, in a meeting with Armenian Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosian, voiced Tehran’s preparedness to launch joint cultural cooperation with Yerevan.

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• 18 April

  VP: Foreign Investment in Iran not Affected by US Pressures

  Iran’s First Vice-President Parviz Dawoodi said that the pressures exerted by the US and certain countries on foreign investors to prevent them from investing their capitals in Iran have all proved unfruitful.

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• 18 April

  Speaker Calls on Bush to Improve US Domestic Security

  If Mr. Bush has any power, he’d better spend it on the establishment of security and freedom inside his country, Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said pointing to the recent manslaughter at Virginia Tech University.

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• 18 April

  Army Displays Flying Drones, E-War

  Islamic Republic army started a public display of the drones it has specifically designed for electronic warfare during a ceremony held at the mausoleum of the Founder of the Islamic Republic, the late Imam Khomeini, in southern Tehran on Wednesday to mark the ‘Army Day’.

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• 18 April

  Iranian Army Serves Regional Peace, Security

  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country’s army serves regional peace and security while defending the security and territorial integrity of Iran.

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• 18 April

  Arvand Free Zone Presents Facilities to Iraqi Businessmen

  A delegation of administrative officials from Iraq attended a meeting with officials of Iran’s Arvand Free Zone to discuss facilitation of possible grounds for investment of Iraqi traders in the said region.

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