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Scholars Threaten Boycott Over Anti-prophet Cartoons
By Adel Abdel Halim, IOL Correspondent CAIRO, January 21, 2006 (IslamOnline.net) – The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) threatened on Saturday, January 21, to call for a boycott of Danish and Norwegian products over the publication of controversial anti-Prophet cartoons in both Scandinavian countries. ”We urge the officials in Denmark and Norway to take a firm stance against these repeated insults to the Muslim nation and the pr
News | Monday 23 January 2006
Asefi dismisses Chirac`s unconventional claims on nuclear arms
The `unconventional` claims by French President Jacques Chirac on the use of nuclear arms under the pretext of preventing terrorism are `unacceptable`, said an Iranian Foreign Ministry official here on Saturday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi said the French president had revealed the inherent intentions of nuclear powers in using this leverage for political games. Asefi regretted the ongoing approach for deterring common securit
News | Monday 23 January 2006
Large number of athletes form human chain at Isfahan UCF
Large number of Iranian athletes, many of them holders of national titles in different fields of sports, on Sunday afternoon held demonstrations in front of the center for research studies at Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) in Isfahan and formed a symbolic human chain to display national support for civilian nuclear program. The demonstration took place simultaneously with national conference of the Physical Education Organization in Isfahan.
News | Monday 23 January 2006
Iran keen on dialogue to remove ambiguity about nuclear program
Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani said on Sunday that Iran welcomes talks with different countries to help remove any ambiguity about Iranian nuclear program. He told IRNA that the door is open for different countries to enter into negotiations with Iran on the national program to make sure that Iranian nuclear program is in line with the Safeguards Agreement of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Larijani
News | Monday 23 January 2006
Saddam`s defence sues Bush and Blair
Lawyers defending the toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein said Sunday they`re planning to file a law suit against the U.S President, George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the United Press International reported Sunday. Speaking to journalists on Sunday, Saleh Armouti, President of the Jordan Bar Association, who recently joined Saddam`s defense team, said that the lawyers plan to file a law suit against the American President and t
News | Monday 23 January 2006
Iran dismisses Chirac`s comments as shameful
Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel here Sunday branded as shameful the French President Jacques Chirac`s recent threat of a nuclear strike on any state that launches terrorist attacks against France. ”The French people must be ashamed of the statements by their president, who in the post-Cold War is seeking pretexts to use nuclear weapons,” he added. Chirac said France`s doctrine of nuclear deterrence has been extended to protect the count
News | Sunday 22 January 2006
Iran Pulling Foreign Reserves From Europe
A defiant Iran announced Friday it has begun pulling its foreign currency accounts out of European banks to protect its assets from possible U.N. sanctions over its nuclear program. As analysts estimated the amount of those funds at up to $50 billion, Iran also called for a reduction in OPEC oil production. Iran pumps about 4 million barrels of oil a day, making it the second largest producer in OPEC after Saudi Arabia. The currency withdrawal
News | Sunday 22 January 2006
Apartheid in the Middle East
By: Kristoffer Larsson* ”I consider Zionism to be a mental illness which makes otherwise decent folks behave like Nazis or Afrikaners” Jeff Blankfort After wiping Palestine off the map and expelling over 700,000 Palestinians from their homes, confiscating the land they`ve lived on for generations, Israel still had a considerable Palestinian minority within its borders. Set to realize the dream of creating a state for Jews only, whi
News | Sunday 22 January 2006
Avoiding Iraq fallout with Iran
Iran`s behavior since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 provides no evidence that could explain the U.S.-led panic over the country`s nuclear program. The Islamic Republic invaded no one and is not known to be the Middle East`s foremost violator of international law. Currently, it is the Bush administration that has a blatant record of breaching the sovereignty of independent nations, through Invasions and the like, including that of its own allies
News | Sunday 22 January 2006
Ahmadinejad urges Islamic states to use economic potentials
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Friday night called on all Islamic states to make use of their economic potentials to ”cut the hand of the enemies.” ”We (can only blame) ourselves for promoting the economies of the enemies and letting them impose pressure on us whenever they wish,” Ahmadinejad said at a meeting with Syrian economic officials. ”Just three percent of global trade is accounted for by trade among Islamic countries. Isl
News | Saturday 21 January 2006
US cannot conceal realities through deception:FM Spkesman
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi said the US Administration has proved it is not committed to bilateral and international commitments and this it cannot conceal by deception. Asefi said the US` interfering policies run counter with the Algeria statement. He assessed as ”futile” the US measure to allocate a budget for non-state individuals and institutions to fight Iran, saying ”the measure will disgrace the White House even more.”
News | Saturday 21 January 2006
Moroccan Speaker: Peaceful nuclear energy a natural right
Moroccan Parliament Speaker Abdul-Vahed al-Razi said in a meeting with an Iranian Vice President in Rabat on Friday that taking advantage of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is all countries`, including Iran`s, natural right. The Moroccan Parliament Speaker who had a meeting with Iran`s visiting Vice President in Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Hojatoleslam Seyed Ahmad Moussavi, also emphasized on the need for continuous support of the Isla
News | Saturday 21 January 2006
ElBaradei rejects EU`s request to condemn Iran
Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the UN`s nuclear monitor, has turned down a request by the European Union to issue a far-reaching condemnation of Iran`s nuc¬lear programme when the agency`s board meets in extraordinary session next month. Mr ElBaradei`s reports set the tone for the international debate on the issue, so his decision could weaken US-European efforts for a speedy referral of Iran to the UN Security Council. Diplomats said leading
News | Saturday 21 January 2006
US regime orders Google to report users searches
The US is trying to force Google to hand over records that the regime can used to find out exactly what private individuals read and search for on the Internet. This regime, whose true agenda is becoming increasingly more difficult to conceal, is trying to to justify their demands by appealing to public concerns about ”pornography”, not to mention, of course, the ”war on terror”. The internet search engine Google is resisting efforts by the U
News | Saturday 21 January 2006
Iran threat grossly exaggerated, say 70 percent of Britons
An overwhelming number of Britons believe that the current propaganda campaign against Iran has been blown up out of all proportion, according to the findings of an ongoing internet poll. Just over 70 percent said that the threat posed by Iran has been grossly exaggerated compared with only 20.8 percent who disagreed and 8.3 percent saying they did not know. The poll is being conducted by Intelligence Squared, a London forum, which is due to
News | Wednesday 18 January 2006
El-Baradei says UN agency would do its best to support Iran`s rights
Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei said on Tuesday that the UN nuclear agency would do its best to support Iran`s rights in line with Non-Proliferation Treaty. In a meeting with Iranian representative to IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltaniyeh, ElBaradei called for expediting the mission of IAEA director general and his colleagues on Iran. Soltaniyeh said that Iran would proceed with closer cooperation with th
News | Wednesday 18 January 2006
Libyan premier stresses Iran`s right to nuclear energy
Libyan Prime Minister Shukri Muhammad Ghanim Tuesday in Tripoli stressed Iran`s legitimate right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. At a meeting with Iranian Vice-President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ahmad Moussavi, he said Iran, as other world countries, has the right to pursue peaceful nuclear activities. He said he was certain that the issue raised by Iran`s nuclear activities would soon be resolved through the wis
News | Wednesday 18 January 2006
President Ahmadinejad allows CNN to resume broadcasts
Cable News Network, which was banned Monday from broadcasting its programs in Iran, on Tuesday was allowed to resume its activities. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a letter sent to the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance earlier today, asked that the ban on the TV channel be lifted. The ban imposed on CNN on Monday said that the network and its reporters were no longer authorized to operate in Iran after they misquoted and/or distorte
News | Tuesday 17 January 2006
Research studies is different from producing nuclear fuel, Asefi
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi said on Sunday that the term of research has a standard definition and it is surprising that certain states are mistaking resumption of research studies with production of nuclear fuel. ”It is surprising that certain states have embarked on propaganda campaign to the extent that they could not distinguish between research studies on nuclear technology and the production of nuclear fuel,” he said.
News | Tuesday 17 January 2006
Russian analyst warns against West`s pressure against Iran
A Russian political analyst specializing on Iran affairs said here Monday that any kind of military pressure against Iran due to its nuclear program might lead to a global crisis, comparable to World War II. Rajab Safarov told Russia`s Interfax News Agency, ” Fortunately there are few people in the world that support adopting such harsh measures, but the aftermath of their unwise proposals would be catastrophe at very wide and unpredictable dim
News | Tuesday 17 January 2006
CNN apologizes for misquoting Ahmadinejad`s remarks
Cable News Network (CNN) has officially apologized for misquoting the remarks of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a press conference held Saturday. The president, talking to more than 200 domestic and foreign reporters, said Iran had the right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy which it cannot be denied of. CNN, in its website Sunday evening, said that due to a translation error, CNN incorrectly quoted Iranian Presisent Mahmoud Ahm
News | Tuesday 17 January 2006
Peaceful nuclear activities, Iran`s legal right: Erdogan
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said here Monday night that engaging in peaceful nuclear activities is Iran`s legal right. The Turkish prime minister made the remarks during a meeting with his Jordanian counterpart, Marouf al-Bakhit. He said Turkey favors continuation of the nuclear talks between Iran and the three European states -- Germany, France and Britain -- with full transparency. He moreover said that Iran, with its mode
News | Tuesday 17 January 2006
Malaysia affirms Iran`s right to peaceful nuclear technology
Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said Tuesday Iran had the right to access peaceful nuclear technology. Malaysia desires a world free from nuclear weapons but at the same time it respects the right of countries to access nuclear technology for civilian purposes, the Malaysian news agency, Bernama, quoted Albar as saying. ”We hope that Iran and the opposing sides would peacefully resolve the issue and reach a conclusion,” he said, a
News | Tuesday 17 January 2006
Ahmadinejad`s remarks unprofessionally distorted by CNN
Cable News Network distorted the remarks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made during a press conference held Saturday. The president, talking to domestic and foreign reporters, said the peaceful use of nuclear energy is a right which Iran cannot be denied. However, a CNN interpreter unprofessionally distorted President Ahmadinejad`s statement by quoting him as saying ”the use of nuclear weapons is Iran`s right.” Ahmadinejad, in the
News | Monday 16 January 2006
China Cautions Against Bringing Iran Nuke Issue to UN Council
China cautioned today against taking the issue of Iran`s nuclear program to the United Nations Security Council, saying that doing so might lead the Iranian government to end all cooperation with the UN`s nuclear watchdog agency. ``Referring it to the Security Council might complicate the issue,`` Wang Guangya, China`s ambassador to the UN told reporters in New York. ``That might make some of the parties more tough on this issue. That is our co
News | Sunday 15 January 2006
Pentagon to families: Go ahead, laugh
When the stress of the war in Iraq becomes too severe, the Pentagon has a suggestion for military families: Learn how to laugh. With help from the Pentagon`s chief laughter instructor, families of National Guard members are learning to walk like a penguin, laugh like a lion and blurt ”ha, ha, hee, hee and ho, ho.” No joke. The instructor, retired Army colonel Scott, 57, is certified as a laughter training specialist by the Ohio-based World La
News | Sunday 15 January 2006
President: We do not ignore our rights on nuclear technology
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed here Friday Iran would never ignore her legitimate rights on peaceful nuclear technology”. Speaking at a gathering of people at the provincial town of ”Bastak”, President Ahmadinejad said, ”The super powers who build tens of nuclear powerplants annually, are trying to deprive Iran of its own legal rights”. Referring to the many benefits of nuclear energy in human life, including in medicine, agriculture
News | Saturday 14 January 2006
Barbie loses out to veiled rival
Step aside Barbie - a veiled doll with, as her creator describes it ”Muslim values”, is proving a popular choice in Egypt`s toy stores. Fulla, dressed in a traditional Islamic headscarf and overdress, comes with her own pink felt prayer rug. Some parents who would not want to buy Barbies for their daughters are choosing to give them Fullas instead. Creators NewBoy Design Studio launched the doll in 2003 and sales have proved strong in the Mid
News | Saturday 14 January 2006
U.S. creates `managers` for Iran and North Korea
The director of national intelligence, John Negroponte, has created new ”mission managers” for Iran and North Korea, adding those two countries to a short list of top-priority challenges for American intelligence agencies. Iran and North Korea join counterterrorism and nuclear counterproliferation as areas of focus for senior management posts that were recommended last year by a high-level presidential commission. The new managers for Iran
News | Saturday 14 January 2006
West misreading Mideast situation, warns former MI6 agent
Former British intelligence officer Alastair Crooke warned Friday that the US and Europe had entirely misunderstood the real struggle in the Middle East when refusing to talk to or work with Muslim groups and certain countries. ”What we see is a complete misreading of the situation by Western governments,” said Crooke, who founded a Conflicts Forum in December 2004 to encourage dialogue with what he called Political Islam. He warned that the
News | Saturday 14 January 2006
Iran to stop voluntary measures if its dossier referred to other int`l bodies
Iran`s envoy to the UN nuclear watchdog, Ali-Asghar Soltaniyeh here Friday said that according to a bill ratified by Majlis, in case Iran`s nuclear dossier is referred to any other international body, Iran will not remain committed to any voluntary measures including suspension and the Additional Protocol. Speaking to reporters after conferring with the envoys of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member states, he added that though Iran always giv
News | Saturday 14 January 2006
EU President says no reason to impose sanctions against Iran
Austria`s Federal Chancellor and the rotating Head of European Union Wolfgang Schuessel said here Monday the EU has no reason to impose sanctions against Iran because of Tehran`s nuclear policies. Speaking to the reporters after meeting with members of European Commission, Schuessel said, ”Although there have always been the possibility of imposing sanctions, the EU member states take that measure as the last option”. He added it is not time
News | Tuesday 10 January 2006
Supreme Leader`s message to Hajj pilgrims
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Monday stressed the perpetrators of crimes in Guantanamo, Abu Ghuraib and clandestine prisons in Europe have no right to speak of human rights. The Supreme Leader made the remark in his message to the Hajj pilgrims, which was read by his representative for Hajj affairs, Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Mohammadi Reyshahri during the disavowal of pagans ceremony held in Arafat De
News | Tuesday 10 January 2006
No proliferation risk in zircon sale to Iran, says UK
Britain`s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) insisted Monday that there were no proliferation risks over sending a consignment of zirconium silicate to Iran that was wrongfully held up in Bulgaria. ”The DTI informed the Bulgarian authorities that the goods as described were not controlled under UK export control,” a spokeswoman confirmed. She said that as the hafnium content of the sand was only 1.1 percent by weight that the consignment
News | Tuesday 10 January 2006
Air crew ordered not to wear crucifixes on flights to Saudi
Air crew on the only British airline that flies to Saudi Arabia have been told not to wear crucifixes or St Christopher medals on flights there so as not to offend the country`s Muslims. Stewardesses at BMI have also been told to cover themselves in the long abaya robes that Saudi women have to wear in public before they disembark in the capital Riyadh. In some instances, they are also advised to wear a headscarf. The airline insists that the r
News | Tuesday 10 January 2006
Iran`s peaceful nuclear activities cannot be prevented by `doubt creating` policy
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Afro-Arab affairs Mohammad-Reza Baqeri said here Sunday that by raising doubts (about Iran`s nuclear program), Western nations cannot prevent Iran`s peaceful nuclear activities which are in line with international rules and regulations. Addressing a group of Algerian writers and intellectuals, he said the Islamic Republic of Iran has cooperated with the nuclear watchdog IAEA beyond her legal obligations by ta
News | Monday 09 January 2006
Al-Qaeda`s plot to infect troops with AIDS virus
AL-QAEDA is recruiting suicide bombers who are infected with the AIDS virus, according to documents revealed to the Sunday Mirror. Terror chiefs are also targeting fanatics who suffer other lethal blood diseases such as hepatitis and dengue fever in order to increase their ”kill rate” from an explosion. The chilling new threat is revealed in papers distributed to British military camps in Iraq and across Europe. Under the heading ”HIV/Hepatitis
News | Monday 09 January 2006
Chinese official affirms Iran`s right to nuclear energy
China`s Deputy Foreign Minister for International Affairs Zhang Ye Sui said here Monday Iran had the right to pursue nuclear technology. During a meeting with Iranian enovy Mehdi Safari, he said China believed the Iran nuclear issue should be resolved within the framework of the IAEA and was opposed to having it referred to the UN Security Council. Noting the similarity in stances of the two countries on a number of international issues, the
News | Monday 09 January 2006
UK politicizing allegations against Iran: MPs, families
The British government is being accused by MPs and families of soldiers killed in Iraq of politicizing allegations raised against Iran last year similar to the false intelligence used to overthrow Saddam Hussein`s regime. ”Is this intelligence or is it propaganda?” former Labour defence minister Peter Kilfoyle asked, who also questioned whether Prime Minister Tony Blair had again been following US President George W Bush`s obsession with Iran
News | Monday 09 January 2006
Blair Should Be Impeached Over Iraq War: UK General
British Prime Minister Tony Blair should be impeached for his role in the Iraq war, a leading British Army officer was quoted as saying by Britain`s the Mail on Sunday. ”I think the politicians should be held to account ... my view is that Blair should be impeached,” General Sir Michael Rose, a former UN commander in Bosnia, said in a television documentary to be aired on Channel Four television on Friday, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP). ”
News | Monday 09 January 2006

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