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Wed, Feb 15 2012 0:18 IST | 0 Views | Add your comment SHARE: Iran will insert its first domestically-produced nuclear fuel rods into a research reactor in Tehran Wednesday, a top Iranian official said Tuesday. “Because western countries were unwilling to help us, we began enriching uranium to 20 percent to make nuclear fuel rods,” Ali Bagheri, deputy chief of Iran’s national security council, said in an interview here. “These nuclear rods, the first created by Iranian...Read Full Story

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, attends the 25th International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran on Wednesday. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Eric Cantor: Iran's determination for nuclear weapons capability is an urgent threat Cantor: We can exert stronger pressure on Iran through financial sanctions He says we should combat Iranian influence throughout the Middle East There's no substitute for American leadership in this critical region, he says Editor's note: Eric...Read Full Story

Iran's leaders urged the Hamas prime minister of Gaza to continue the Islamic militant group's resistance against Israel and promised support, state TV reported on Sunday.   Do You Like this Article? Then Like Us on Facebook.   Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh that Iran would always stand by the Palestinian "resistance'' against Israel and warned him against "compromisers.'' President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his part said it was Iran's "duty'' to...Read Full Story

Iran's leaders urged the Hamas prime minister of Gaza to continue the Islamic militant group's resistance against Israel and promised support, state TV reported on Sunday.   Do You Like this Article? Then Like Us on Facebook.   Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh that Iran would always stand by the Palestinian "resistance'' against Israel and warned him against "compromisers.'' President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his part said it was Iran's "duty'' to...Read Full Story

TEHRAN: Iran’s parliamentary Speaker Ali Larijani warned Iran will not forgive Gulf Arab nations if they continue backing US “plots” against Tehran, local media reported on Sunday. “We recommend to some of the countries in the region who were siding with (Iraq dictator) Saddam (Hussein) and now are siding with the US plots against the Iranian nation to give it up,” he was quoted as saying. “Iran will not forgive them again. There will be consequences in the region if new plots against our...Read Full Story

President of the United States of America Barak Hussein Obama and the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Sayyid Ali Khamenei are brilliant scholars and teachers. Each is an exceptional orator and leader. Both are family men with wives and children. They both love their families and hope for them a bright future. Obama and Khamenei both “love” their country and the ideals on which it is based. Both are extraordinarily wealthy. Obama is a brilliant scholar and student of of the US...Read Full Story

President of the United States of America Barak Hussein Obama and the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Sayyid Ali Khamenei are brilliant scholars and teachers. Each is an exceptional orator and leader. Both are family men with wives and children. They both love their families and hope for them a bright future. Obama and Khamenei both “love” their country and the ideals on which it is based. Both are extraordinarily wealthy. Obama is a brilliant scholar and student of of the US...Read Full Story

Sat, Feb 11 2012 23:27 IST | 12 Views | Add your comment SHARE: Hundreds of thousands of Iranians carrying flags and banners in support of the Islamic regime celebrated nationwide the 33rd anniversary of the country's Islamic Revolution on Saturday. State television showed the people in Tehran and other cities swarmed the streets and were carrying images of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini, and his successor, incumbent leader...Read Full Story

IMAGE: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned Palestinian movement Hamas against any “compromise” in its fight against Tehran’s nemesis Israel, his official website reported. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE] TEHRAN:? Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned Palestinian movement Hamas against any “compromise” in its fight against Tehran’s nemesis Israel, his official website reported. “Always be wary of infiltration by compromisers in a resistance organisation, which...Read Full Story

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian authorities will crack down this week on any public protest against the year-long house arrest of opposition leaders, Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi, an official was quoted as saying on Sunday. Iran, at odds with the West over its disputed nuclear program, holds a parliamentary election on March 2, its first national poll since Mousavi and Karoubi were beaten by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a 2009 vote they said was rigged. The government denied any fraud...Read Full Story