Cairo: As tensions mounted in the Persian Gulf over accusations that Iran was close to making nuclear weapons, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday warned of any attacks against his country. Alleging that the US and Israel were mustering international backing for a military strike on Iran, Ahmadinejad claimed that Tehran had capabilities to deal with such threats. Iranian President's remarks came in an interview with Egypt's state-owned al-Akhbar newspaper...
04:50 PM, Nov 07, 2011
Tehran: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad welcomed on Tuesday a Russian attempt to revive talks with six world powers that view its uranium enrichment programme as a potential pathway to nuclear weapons, but was vague about what the agenda should be. "Iran welcomes the Russian proposal and is ready to take part in it by giving suggestions on how to cooperate," he said after talks with Russian Security Council secretary Nikolai...
02:52 AM, Aug 17, 2011
Tehran: Iran used a conference on stopping terrorism on Saturday to accuse the West of being the main sponsor of political violence against civilians. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told delegates who included the leaders of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, the main battlefields for the US "war on terrorism" that Washington, Israel and Europe were the worst culprits. "It is unfortunate that I have to announce that the individuals and groups responsible...
07:00 AM, Jun 26, 2011
Tehran: Iran used a conference on stopping terrorism on Saturday to accuse the West of being the main sponsor of political violence against civilians. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told delegates who included the leaders of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan - the main battlefields for the US "war on terrorism" - that Washington, Israel and Europe were the worst culprits. "It is unfortunate that I have to announce that the individuals and...
05:11 PM, Jun 25, 2011
Tehran: Tens of thousands of demonstrators who marched in Tehran in defiance of the Iranian government were largely cleared from the city's streets by nightfall. Patrolling security forces had battled protesters with batons and tear gas for much of the day on Monday. The wave of people who marched along Revolution Avenue on Monday had remained largely silent as they walked toward the capital's Azadi Square, though at times they...
07:32 AM, Feb 15, 2011
Tehran: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the member states of the UN Security Council were "political retards" for still believing in the effectiveness of sanctions, the news agency 'ILNA' reported on Friday. "The officials of those countries who in the third millennium still think sanctions are an effective means are politically retarded," the 'ILNA' quoted Ahmadinejad as saying during a visit to Istanbul. The member states of the UN Security...
05:02 PM, Dec 24, 2010
Washington: US President Barack Obama has hit out at his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for saying that America was behind the 9/11 attacks. Ahmadinejad in his speech at the UN had suggested that the US was involved in the 9/11 attacks. While speaking to BBC, the President called the comments hateful and inexcusable. Obama lashed out at Ahmadinejad for the latest of what the White House called a long list...
12:54 PM, Sep 25, 2010
New York: Representatives from the United States and other nations walked out of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a fiery speech that criticized the US, the UN and capitalism as a whole. Incendiary statements from Ahmadinejad are nothing new for the assembled delegates. But his recounting of various conspiracy theories about the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US drove multiple representatives...
11:14 AM, Sep 24, 2010
The draft resolution calls for measures against new Iranian banks abroad if a connection to the nuclear or missile programs is suspected. ...
12:32 PM, Jun 09, 2010
They swore allegiance to the clerical establishment of Iran. ...
02:05 AM, Dec 31, 2009
Govt announces shock decision 2 days after IAEA censure. ...
10:27 PM, Nov 29, 2009
Iran sought greater cooperation with India in countering terrorism. ...
07:52 PM, Nov 16, 2009
Attack on elite security force killed more than 30 people. ...
01:13 AM, Oct 19, 2009
The measures are country-wide campaign against Western influences. ...
09:48 PM, Sep 22, 2009
They the children accidentally crossed into Iran while hiking. ...
01:05 PM, Sep 18, 2009
The film Green Days, is openly critical of the Iranian president. ...
12:18 PM, Sep 12, 2009
US, France, Britain, Italy and Germany did not congratulate Ahmadinejad. ...
12:20 PM, Aug 05, 2009
About 100 leading Iranian reformists went on trial on Saturday. ...
11:01 AM, Aug 03, 2009
When it comes to batting bugs, Ahmadinejad is no Obama. ...
04:46 PM, Jul 09, 2009
The decision followed a partial recount of the election. ...
11:27 PM, Jun 29, 2009
