Date: 17 August 2006

Iran’s junior judo team wins bronze medal
IranMania News – Iran
LONDON, August 16 (IranMania) – Iran’s junior judo team won a bronze medal
during the German International Judo Championship, held in Berlin, MNA
reported. …
www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?Ne
wsCode=45077&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

Iran’s Newest Blogger
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
… www.ahmadinejad.ir . The president of Iran has his own blog. And he
may just turn Iran’s blogosphere into a blogocracy. So far, his …
www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-ed-a
hmadinejad17aug17,1,5111010.story?coll=la-news-comment

Iran’s Labor law amendments not finalized
IranMania News – Iran
LONDON, August 17 (IranMania) – Iranian Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
Mohammad Jahromi has said that the draft amendments to the Labor Law will
not be …
www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp
?NewsCode=45091&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

Iran is winning
Houston Chronicle – United States
… That one’s just plain obvious. Forget a democratic revolution in Iran.
… The leadership in Iran has done the math. They know that they hold
many of the cards. …
blogs.chron.com/chroniclesofwar/2006/08/iran_is_winning.html

Iran leader hails Hizbollah’s “victory for Islam”
Reuters.uk – UK
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has sent
a letter to Hizbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah praising the Lebanese
guerrilla …
today.reuters.co.uk/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=20
06-08-16T221631Z_01_L16651115_RTRUKOC_0_UK-MIDEAST-LEBANON-IRAN.xml

Fortuna Oilrig sneaks out of Iran waters at night
IranMania News – Iran
… drilling rig to Fujaireh port at UAE, initially received the permit
to leave Bandar Abbas for the port by the assistance of Boyeh Sabz of
Iran, appearing as …
www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?
NewsCode=45076&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

Iran’s rug industry potential untapped
IranMania News – Iran
… Center, told the Yazd Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines that
the industry could develop well both at home and abroad, adding that Iran
accounts for 41 …
www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp
?NewsCode=45094&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

Iran says it’s ready to negotiate nuclear freeze
Indian Express – New Delhi,India
Tehran, August 16:Iran said today it was ready to discuss suspension of
uranium enrichment, barely two weeks before a UN Security Council deadline
to halt the …
www.indianexpress.com/story/10796.html

Iran’s strategy relies on Western cowardice
renewamerica.us – Washington,D.C.,USA
… fanaticism and insanity. And among Iran’s leaders he is certainly not
the first to give such an impression. When American embassy …
www.renewamerica.us/columns/adamo/060816

Iran leader praises Hezbollah resistance
Houston Chronicle – United States
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a
message to Hezbollah head Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, described the militant
group’s clashes …
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4122042.html

Iran military to launch war-games as tensions build with West
Iran Focus – Iran
Tehran, Iran, Aug. 16 – Iran … affiliated organs. Iran has a dual military
system with a regular armed forces as well as the IRGC. …
www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=8264

Iran ready to discuss nuke issue
People's Daily Online – Beijing,China
The Iranian foreign minister yesterday said Iran was ready to discuss suspending
uranium enrichment with the West, but would explain that Teheran believes
any …
english.people.com.cn/200608/17/eng20060817_293975.html

Iran not to give up full nuclear fuel cycle: president
People's Daily Online – Beijing,China
“Those who think they can deprive Iran of its right to peaceful nuclear
technology are on the wrong track,” the outspoken Iranian president told
a rally in …
english.people.com.cn/200608/17/eng20060817_293942.html

Date: 16 August 2006

Iran, Syria claim Hezbollah victory over Israel
ABC Online – Australia
Who won the war? Iran and Syria have no doubts. They’ve heaped praised
on Hezbollah, declaring the Shiite militia defeated Israel. …
www.abc.net.au/am/content/2006/s1716048.htm

Iran FM delivers President’s letter to Saudi king
IranMania News – Iran
LONDON, August 16 (IranMania) – Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki
was received by Saudi King Abdullah Tuesday, delivering a letter from
President …
www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.as
p?NewsCode=45057&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

SA imports from Iran top R14bn
News24 – South Africa
Cape Town – South African economic relations with Iran were “on the increase”,
but peace and stability in the Middle East was key to the relationship,
said …
www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_1983147,00.html

Iran renews gasoline imports, funding seen for Sept
Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
LONDON – Fuel-hungry Iran has bought several cargoes of gasoline for delivery
in September, which oil traders say may mean Teheran is still financing
imports …
www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/b
usiness/2006/August/business_August389.xml&section=business

Iran rips out satellite TVs
Bangkok Post – Thailand
… via satellite and digital receivers, are the main competition to the
five IRIB state channels watched nationwide by the almost 90 per cent
of Iran’s 68 million …
www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=112243

Iran remains defiant over Nuclear standoff
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
Iran’s president said again on Tuesday that his country would not bow to
Western pressure to give up its home-grown nuclear technology. …
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F158480F-D8FB-46DD-9025-145884E4C448.htm

Iran unveils contest on Holocaust cartoons
Times of India – India
“We staged this fair to explore the limits of freedom Westerners believe
in,” Masoud Shojai, head of the country’s “Iran Cartoon” association and
the fair …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1896090.cms

Group Says Iran Is ‘Not a Crisis’
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
… to Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara in the 1960s, said the group
was particularly concerned about administration policies toward Iran,
believing them to be …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-generals16aug16,
1,4898311.story?coll=la-news-politics-national&track=crosspromo

Iran, Syria say Israel, US dealt a big blow
Seattle Times – United States
TEHRAN, Iran — Buoyed by Hezbollah’s ability to stand up to Israel’s
punishing assaults for 34 days, the group’s chief sponsors, Iran and Syria,
both struck …
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003201931_lebvictory16.html

China urges Iran to return to nuclear talks
Jerusalem Post – Israel
China’s top envoy in charge of nonproliferation issues has urged Iran to
accept an incentives package offered by China and five other countries
in exchange for …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=115452588
2609&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Iran and Syria reiterate support to Hezbollah, celebrate ‘victory’
EiTB – Euskadi,Spain
… East. “God’s promises have come true,” Ahmadinejad told a huge, cheering
crowd in the town of Arbadil in northwestern Iran. “On …
www.eitb24.com/portal/eitb24/noticia/en/international-news/middle-east-crisis-ira
n-and-syria-reiterate-support-to-hezbollah-?itemId=B24_4463&cl=%2Feitb24%
2Finternacional&idioma=en

Iran hangs three men in south-east
Iran Focus – Iran
Tehran, Iran, Aug. 16 – Three men were hanged in south-east Iran, according
to a semi-official daily. The men were identified …
www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=8254

Exclusive: Iran was behind Hezbollah-Israel war
Iran Focus – Iran
16 – Iran masterminded the July 12 attack on an Israeli military squad
by the Lebanese militia Hezbollah which ignited a major military offensive
against the …
www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=8256

Iran Pledges ‘Continuous Flow of Gas’
Zaman Online – Istanbul,Turkey
… Petroleum Minister Kazim Vaziri Hamaneh has assured Turkish Energy
Minister Hilmi Guler there will be no breaks in the flow of natural gas
from Iran to Turkey. …
www.zaman.com/?bl=economy&alt=&trh=20060816&hn=35697

Iran ‘will discuss nuclear halt’
BBC News – UK
Iran is ready to discuss the suspension of its uranium enrichment programme
as demanded by Western powers, the country’s foreign minister has said.
…
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4797827.stm

Iran wants new Mideast without US, British meddling
Reuters – USA
TEHRAN, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Iran’s president said he wanted a new Middle
East — a phrase that echoes language used by the US administration —
but said his …
today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=BLA624559

Iran, Oman keen to broaden mutual economic ties
Islamic Republic News Agency – Tehran,Iran
Referring to the history of cooperation between the two states in different
sectors, Asayesh voiced Iran’s readiness to boost economic cooperation
with Oman …
www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0608161772162050.htm

NE Iran piles up 20 new mines at 14.2m tons
IranMania News – Iran
… IranMania) – A total of 20 new mines with 14 mln and 200 thousand tons
of various reserves were discovered in Khorasan Razavi Province, northeast
Iran, in the …
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sp?NewsCode=45068&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

Iran, Israel Exchange Virtual Blows
Kommersant – Moscow,Russia
In a virtual attack on Iran, Israeli hackers broke Tuesday the www.ahmadinejad.ir
diary of Iranian President Mahmood Ahmadinejad. …
www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=697961

Lebanese blast Arab rulers, praise Iran, Syria
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… little but contempt for Arab rulers among Lebanese Shi’ites whose homes
were destroyed in the war between Hizbollah and Israel, but support for
Iran and Syria …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L16461013.htm

Iran Ready to Discuss Suspension of Nuclear Research (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
16 (Bloomberg) — Iran is ready to discuss with the European Union the
suspension of its atomic activities, the country’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr
Mottaki …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601
087&sid=aS5hEwVte4mE&refer=worldwide_news

Syria, Iran hail Hezbollah `victory’
Toronto Star – Ontario, Canada
Hezbollah’s main backers — Iran and Syria — struck nearly identical
tones a day after a ceasefire took effect in Lebanon: heaping praise on
the guerrillas …
www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_
Type1&c=Article&cid=1155678611449&call_pageid=968332188854&col=968350060724

Iran’s aluminum import hits all-time 70% low
IranMania News – Iran
… It is still being sold at Rls.31,000 ($3.5) per kilogram in the market,”
the head of the Syndicate of Aluminum Cooperatives of Iran noted, adding
many buyers …
www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Defa
ult.asp?NewsCode=45072&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

Iran seeks to test taboos with Holocaust cartoons
Scotsman – United Kingdom
… Organisers say displaying more than 200 entries from Iran’s International
Holocaust Cartoons Contest aims to challenge Western taboos about discussing
the …
news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1199212006

Iran car industry to be supplied with N-gas tanks
IranMania News – Iran
LONDON, August 16 (IranMania) – A foreign firm is already in to supply
Iran’s auto industry with N-gas tanks to be installed on gas converted
automobiles but …
www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.as
p?NewsCode=45074&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

Iran Say It Is Open to Halt to Enrichment
New York Times – United States
… 16 – Iran’s foreign minister said today that his country is willing
to discuss suspension of its uranium enrichment program during negotiations
with European …
www.nytimes.com/2006/08/16/world/middleeast/16cnd-iran.html?hp
& ex=1155787200&en=0e1e6f8ed775d832&ei=5094&partner=homepage

Iran starts building cement plant in Belarus
IranMania News – Iran
LONDON, August 16 (IranMania) – An Iranian company has started building
a cement plant in Belarus, MNA reported. Iran’s Azarab Co. …
www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.as
p?NewsCode=45069&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

Iran’s Khorasan province is rich in minerals
IranMania News – Iran
… Geological studies have identified potential mineral resources in South
Khorasan Province, Naser Abedian, an official with Geological Survey of
Iran (GSI) said …
www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp
?NewsCode=45075&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

Iran oil production by NICOC to hit 190,000 bpd
IranMania News – Iran
LONDON, August 16 (IranMania) – By the end of the nation’s Fourth Five-Year
Socioeconomic Development Plan, oil production by the National Iranian
Central …
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ewsCode=45073&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs