Bikes galore
As we reported several months ago, Tehran has joined the many cities around the world offering rental bikes to citizens ...
Month: August 2013
Rohani keeps Salehi to run nuclear program
SALEHI. . . back to nuclear post President Rohani made two major non-cabinet appointments this week, naming former Foreign Minister ...
Jannati says censorship rules are ‘cumbersome’
The new culture minister says his first task in office will be to reduce the “cumbersome” censorship rules that almost ...
Oil minister threatens price war to sell more
ZANGANEH. . . aggressive New Oil Minister Bijan Namdar-Zanganeh appeared Monday to threaten other exporters with a price war in ...
Most cabinet picks easily pass Majlis
BALLOTING — Majlis deputies line up to cast their secret ballots for cabinet members, with one box for each nominee. ...
Bank Mellat to claim $782 million from UK
Iran’s Bank Mellat intends to file a legal claim for 500 million pounds ($782 million) against the British government for ...
Iraq invites world to stop Iran flights over Iraq
ZEBARI. . . invitation Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says Baghdad doesn’t have any ability to stop Iran from flying ...
60 years later, CIA publicly admits its role in 1953 coup
MOSSADEGH. . . toppled 60 years ago Sixty years to the day after a CIA-backed coup toppled Prime Minister Mohammad ...