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Text of report by Iranian conservative, privately-owned Fars News Agency website Tehran, 17 August: Government Spokesman Gholamhoseyn Elham said: The Iranian satellite-carrier rocket "Safir-e Omid" [Messenger of Hope] was launched in the presence of President Ahmadinezhad and in the name of the Lord of the Era [the twelfth Shi'i Imam]. Gholamhoseyn Elham in an interview with the political correspondent of Fars News Agency said: Dr Ahmadinezhad was present at the space launch base for the...

Iran put a dummy satellite into orbit on an Iranian made rocket for the first time on Sunday. The launch is likely to increase Western unease over Iran's nuclear aspirations."The Safir (Ambassador) satellite carrier was launched today and for the first time we successfully launched a dummy satellite into orbit," said Reza Taghizadeh, head of the Iranian Aerospace Organization.The same long-range ballistic rockets used to put satellites into orbit, are also the same type of rockets...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday he hoped to sign energy deals with Turkey opposed by the United States. "We have reached important agreements on natural gas and electricity issues," he said during a meeting in Istanbul. "God willing we will complete them as soon as possible." The United States has voiced its opposition to the energy deal amid a standoff between Iran and Western countries over concerns Iran is pursuing secret nuclear weapons. Tehran says such fears are...

Speaking to reporters at a press conference in Istanbul Turkey, Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad commented on reports that there was no energy deal signed on Thursday (14 August) between Iran and Turkey. He said: "A very good deal has already been signed between the two countries in the energy sector; including the production and transport of [natural] gas and investments in electricity. The parties are working to implement this agreement as soon as possible. Yesterday's statement...

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived Thursday in Istanbul for his first visit to Turkey as president of Iran. During a meeting, Ahmadinejad and his Turkish counterpart, Abdullah Gul, failed to agree on the details of a proposed pipeline to carry natural gas from Iran to Turkey, Hurriyet reported. The visit was moved to Istanbul because Ahmadinejad angered many Turks by refusing to visit the mausoleum in Ankara of Kemal Ataturk, the founding father of the secular Turkish state. Turkish leaders also...

Text of editorial entitled "The establishment of Islamic nation's media system" by conservative Iranian daily Hemayat, published by the Prisons' Organization, on 7 August The twenty first century has been named the age of information blast. It creates wealth and power, and changes the nature of politicians. Political systems in this age cannot dominate any more only by relying on material and military power, geopolitical position or their population. It is a new epoch in now-day world. The...

Text of report by Iranian conservative, privately-owned Fars News Agency website Tehran, 8 August: President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad has forgiven all complaints filed by the government and state organizations against the mass media. The Fars News Agency reports that last night president Ahmadinezhad in a sincere meeting with journalists ordered the executives bodies to abandon all complaints against the mass media. He announced this move as his other present to journalists on the occasion of...

At 1130gmt the Iranian News Network broadcast live, parts of the parliament session during which three ministerial nominees received vote of confidence from the MPs. President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad had introduced to the Majlis Shamseddin Hoseyni, Ali Kordan, and Hamid Behbahani as his candidates for the post of economy and finance, the interior, and roads and transport respectively. All the three candidates received vote of confidence from the Majlis. Originally published by Islamic Republic...

Iran's president says he believes the United States and the West have accepted the idea of negotiations in the dispute over Iran's nuclear program. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a news conference in Tehran Sunday following a summit with Syrian President Bashar Assad that Iran was serious about negotiations and that all those who stood against Iran over the past years have now reached a conviction that in this issue there is no other way but to involve into dialogue and consultation....

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he didn't bring any new offers from the west when he called on Iran's president this weekend. Assad Sunday wrapped up a weekend visit to Tehran that came in the wake of a trip to France where Assad was reportedly asked by Paris to mediate the ongoing dispute over Iran's nuclear program. The Jerusalem Post said while he discussed the Iran standoff with President Nicolas Sarkozy, he did not go to Tehran with any new offers. I did not come on this visit...