Category: International News
Syria: Armed groups carried out Houla massacre
Syrian armed rebels (file photo) A Syrian government investigation into the massacre that recently killed more than 100 people in the western Syria village of Houla has blamed anti-Damascus armed groups for the killings. The head of the inquiry, Brigadier General Qassem Jamal Suleiman said during a news conference in the Syrian capital
Iran has twice summoned Saudi ambassador over prisoners: Deputy FM
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hassan Qashqavi Deputy Foreign Minister Hassan Qashqavi says Iran has twice summoned the Saudi ambassador over the fate of the Iranian prisoners in the Saudi jails. Qashqavi said on Wednesday that he raised the issue of prisoners in a formal memo to the head of the Saudi mission in Tehran,
Old people smell really exists
Old people have a distinctly different scent to the younger ones. People can distinguish older and younger individuals based on their body smell without seeing them, says a study suggesting that young people’s scent is stronger and more unpleasant. The idea that older people and their homes have a distinctive smell is common to
Tehran, Caracas to sign $2bn oil contract
An oil rig in Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt (file photo) Iran and Venezuela are expected to sign a USD2-billion deal to jointly develop the Venezuelan Dobokubi oil field in the heavy-crude rich Orinoco Belt in the near future, a report says. Iran’s Petropars Oil and Gas Company, a subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC),
‘Greece exit from eurozone to plight other European countries’
Greece’s exit from the eurozone will have grave consequences for other European countries, analysts say. If the Greek government faces bankruptcy and fails to repay its debts, including EUR 240 billion in bailout loans it has already received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union, the lending banks will lose their financial
Azeri government anti-Islam behavior not lasting: Velayati
Ali Akbar Velayati (File Photo) A senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says anti-Islamic measures taken by the government of Azerbaijan cannot continue for long. “They may take certain steps right now, but based on the experiences of those who have ruled Muslim countries, Islam has deep roots
Libyan man threatens NATO with legal action for family’s deaths
File photo shows the remains of a residential building damaged in a NATO airstrike on Tripoli. A Libyan man’s attorney has threatened to take legal action against NATO for the killings of his client’s family members in the alliance’s air strikes in Libya last year. Ali Jefara’s Belgian attorney Ghislain Dubois demanded that NATO pay
Ahmadinejad: 20% enrichment, Iran’s right under intl. law
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (file photo) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said enriching uranium up to 20 percent is the Islamic Republic’s right under the international law. “Producing 20-percent-enriched uranium is our legal right, although, we are not interested in making use of this right,” Ahmadinejad stated in an interview with the French news
Euro falls amid fears of Spain possible bailout
A protester holds a banner reading “Enough of the banking abuses” during a demonstration in front of the headquarters of Bankia, the first savings bank of Spain, in Madrid on March 22, 2012. The euro has slumped to a two-year low versus the US dollar amid fears that Spain could be forced into asking for
Iran set to launch high resolution satellite: Official
Iran launched its first domestically-produced Omid (Hope) satellite in 2009 on board Safir (Ambassador) carrier. An Iranian official has announced that the country is set to launch a high resolution student satellite tasked with taking images of the earth. Head of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli said the satellite is part of a





