Tehran’s ambassador to the IAEA: ‘Iran will go on with nuclear work’

Iran will continue to cooperate with the UN nuclear watchdog but will not suspend its nuclear work, Tehran’s ambassador to the IAEA says.
“We fully cooperate with the (International Atomic Energy) Agency in accordance with comprehensive safeguard, which is the NPT safeguard. But we will not go beyond our legal obligations,” Ali-Asghar Soltaniyeh told Press [...]

Schroeder of Germany in Iran backs nuclear consortium

Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has welcomed the prospects of an internationally-run nuclear enrichment plant in Iran.
Iran’s offer to form a nuclear consortium is acceptable and should be followed up, Schroeder said in a Saturday meeting with Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani in Tehran. Tehran had previously made an offer to the United Nations [...]

US is not a military threat to Iran

IAEA Chief Mohamed ElBaradei says US President Barack Obama has shelved plans to use military action against Iran’s nuclear drive. “I believe that the threat of waging war as a means to curb Iran’s nuclear activities is no longer an option,” the IAEA director general told Radio France International and TV5-Monde on Friday.

A 2009 joke: Israel war against Iran

Today I encountered a news saying: US intelligent service chief predicts Israel-Iran war before the end of 2009.
I think this is just a media war, because Israel is not in a condition to manage a huge war against Iran. After two recent wars against Hamas in Gaza and Hizbolla in south Lebanon, Israel gained [...]

Iran Midpress reflects Iran and Middle East events

Today is the annual of the first year of my blogging in Iran Midpress.
During this one year Iran Midpress published about 92 article, news and analysis related to Iran and the Middle East. I have tried to present top  events and analysis clearly and fastly.
I welcome your commets and cooperations

Glory of Persia promotes tourism in Iran

The number of South Koreans applying for tourist visas to Iran has quadrupled following The Glory of Persia traveling exhibit in Seoul.
After The Glory of Persia successfully toured Japan, South Korea welcomed the dazzling exhibit of artifacts dating back to the 6th century BCE. The exhibition introduces Iranian history, culture and art to other [...]

Iran Parliment sets new prices for fuel

The Iranian parliament’s energy commission has reached an agreement on the draft of a bill which sets new fuel prices for next year.
The price of rationed gasoline for the next Iranian calendar year (beginning in March 2009) has increased by 1,000 rials (about 10 cents) to 2,000 rials per liter, said Moayyed Hosseini-Sadr, a [...]

Presidential election in Iran

The greatest competition between conservatives supporting president Ahmadinejad and reformists supporting former president Khatami is beginning.
this Presidential election will be held in 11 June 2009. It is predicted that khatami will win the game, if the election is held in a healthy way.

millions of Iranians celebrate revolution

Iranians pour into the streets in millions to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in demonstrations across the country.
Led by the Founder of the Revolution, Imam Khomeini, Iranians confronted the forces of US-proxy Mohammad-Reza Pahlavi in late 1977 to end dictatorship rule in the country. By December 1978, millions of Iranians would take [...]

The feedback of Iranian satellite in world media

Recently Iran successfully launched a satellite (called Omid) into space. This was a remarkable achievement for Iranians industry in the field of satellite. This achievement has arisen different feedback from different media. Some western media welcomed it openly. Others looked at negatively. And felt discomfort about it. They first tried to ignore or deny it, [...]

A democratic solution is always better than a military one

A democratic solution is always better than a military solution
This is a frank truth that US couldn’t go forward with Iran by the language of threat and war. And this kind of policy led US in the weakest position.
Don’t you feel a need for change in this kind of policy? U.S and Israel failed [...]