December, 2006

• 2 December

  Two More Russian Convoys Attacked in Chechnya

  According to Russian news reports, a mobile group of Mujahideen attacked in the Maskhadov district (former Staropromyslovsky district) of the Chechen capital of Jokhar a Russian military convoy with police mercenaries from the Russian-held Siberian region on Khakasia late Friday, December 1, 2006. The invaders claim that only the Russian …

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• 1 December

  President calls for safeguarding Muslim women’s rights

  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with Malaysian Minister of Women, Family and Social Development Shahrizad Abdeljalil here Tuesday urged Muslim women to propose strategies such as formation of convention to safeguard Muslim woman’s rights.

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• 1 December

  Ahmadinejad’s message submitted to Kuwaiti emir

  Government spokesman and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s envoy, Gholam-Hossein Elham, in a meeting with Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, here Tuesday delivered the written message of Ahmadinejad to him.

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• 1 December

  Iran Positive about Cooperation with EU

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Chairman of the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaoddin Boroujerdi said Iran holds a positive view about cooperation with Europe.

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• 1 December

  Iran Unveils Candidates for December 15 Vote

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran has unveiled the final list of election candidates authorized to run for the body that chooses and supervises the Islamic republic’s supreme leader.

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• 1 December

  Iran Extends $1 billion Line of Credit to Iraq

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran reached out to Iraq and the American public in separate gestures Wednesday, giving the Baghdad government a $1 billion line of credit while Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a personal letter to “noble Americans” calling for a military withdrawal from Iraq.

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• 1 December

  Iran, Iraq Issue Joint Statement

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- To conclude the 3-day visit to Tehran by President Jalal Talabani, Iran and Iraq issued a joint press statement here on Wednesday.

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• 1 December

  Full Text of Ahmadinejad’s Message to Americans

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Following his messages to US President George W Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed a five-page letter to the American people.

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• 1 December

  Bosnian Paper Apologizes to Iranians for Unintentional Insult

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Editor-in-chief of Bosnia’s ‘Slobodna Bosna’ apologized to the Iranian nation for his weekly’s insult to the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the late Imam Khomeini, and described it as an unintentional mistake.

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• 1 December

  Iran, Sweden Stress Expansion of Parliamentary Ties

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Tehran and Stockholm reiterated the need for the development of their parliamentary relations here on Tuesday.

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