Afghan Senate Vice Speaker in exclusive interview with ICANA
TEHRAN, July 30 (ICANA) – Vice Speaker of Afghanistan Senate Rafiullah Gul Afghan referred to the rise in the level of Tehran-Kabul interaction and called Iran an important factor for the establishment of peace in Afghanistan.
TEHRAN, July 18 (ICANA) – Iraqi Members of Parliament have said that Saudi Arabia is funding terrorist groups within Iraq.
TEHRAN, July 18 (ICANA) – Press TV has interviewed Saeb Shaath, author and expert on the Middle East from Belfast to learn about his views regarding the performance of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in Egypt. What follows is a rough transcript of the interview that was also supported by another guest.
TEHRAN, July 21 (ICANA) – Egypt's presidential hopeful and former secretary general of the Arab League says Egyptians will honor their treaties with other nations but are in favor of justice, including on the Palestinian issue.
7/21/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, July 18 (ICANA) – Rupert and James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks have been summoned before the British Parliament to face a phone hacking and police bribery and corruption inquiry.
7/18/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, July 17 (ICANA) – A former senior legislator believes the formation of any electoral committee without the representatives of Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and Secretary of Iran's Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei will not be helpful in brokering unity among various Principlist factions.
7/17/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, July 16 (ICANA) – The appointment of a special UN human rights rapporteur for Iran and Tehran’s apparent refusal to accept Ahmed Shaheed, a former foreign minister of the Maldives, motivated the Persian newspaper ‘Iran’ to call on Tehran lawmaker Zohreh Elahian, who is also secretary of the Majlis Human Rights Committee.
7/16/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, July 15 (ICANA) – Amr Moussa has become fully determined to quit his post as the long time Secretary General of the Arab League, a 22-member forum representing Arab states, and run for the upcoming presidential election in Egypt.
7/15/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, July 15 (ICANA) – Iranian Diplomacy staff met with Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the head of the Expediency Council, and while presenting a report on the activities of this site, they posed some questions on foreign policy and international affairs.
7/15/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, July 13 (ICANA) – Although many leaders of the Mubarak's regime have been punished by law, the Egyptian activists have called for a million man march in Egypt in response to an unequal treatment of prisoners.
7/13/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, July 10 (ICANA) – Jeremy R. Hammond is an American political analyst and journalist who is the editor of Foreign Policy Journal, a progressive online publication dedicated to providing critical analysis of the United States Foreign Policy. Hammond is a recipient of the Project Censored 2010 Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism.
7/10/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, July 9 (ICANA) – The Egyptians have followed a piece of graffiti on the streets of Egypt that read, “Take to the streets on July 8, the revolution is still on."
7/9/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, July 6 (ICANA) – Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani paid a three-day visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan last week.
7/6/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, June 17 (ICANA) – Russia and China have reiterated support for Iran's civilian nuclear program, pointing to the Islamic Republic's right to nuclear energy.
6/17/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, June 16 (ICANA) – Syrian cities have been the scene of clashes between government forces and armed groups in the past three months, during which hundreds of people, including security forces, have been killed.
6/16/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, June 13 (ICANA) – Yemenis continue to wage protests, calling for the establishment of a transitional council to enable the handover of power to the people.
6/13/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, June 13 (ICANA) – Many Iraqis have vowed that if the nearly 50,000 US troops remaining in the country continue their occupation beyond their scheduled departure date of December 31, 2011, they will no longer tolerate their presence.
6/13/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, June 13 (ICANA) – An increasing number of civilians are reportedly being killed in NATO airstrikes on Libyan cities.
6/13/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, June 11 (ICANA) – As the Iranian Majlis (parliament) election is slated for March 2012, some members of government’s camp are reportedly attempting to win more parliamentary seats.
6/11/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, June 9 (ICANA) – The International Coalition against Impunity says it plans to file a new complaint at The Hague against the Bahraini regime for human rights violations.
6/9/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, June 9 (ICANA) – The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has decided to leave its production levels unchanged despite demands for an increase in production.
6/9/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, June 4 (ICANA) – Yemen's state television has aired an audio message from President Ali Abdullah Saleh who survives a heavy missile attack targeting the presidential palace in the capital, Sana'a.
6/4/2011 Interview
TEHRAN, June 2 (ICANA) – The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives has turned down a bill intended to raise the country's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling.
6/2/2011 Interview