U.S. President Barack Obama appears to have prevailed, for now, in his campaign to stop Congress from imposing new sanctions against Iran while a diplomatic initiative on Tehran’s nuclear program is under way. Obama announced in his State of the Union address on January 28 that he would veto any legislation imposing fresh sanctions […]
Category: Sufi news
Rohani ally switches jobs in the government
The Iranian president has accepted the resignation of Mohammad Ali Najafi as head of Culture and Tourism Department and appointed him to lead the Economic Coordination Committee. Massod Soltanifar was announced as a replacement for Najafi. Soltanifar had been nominated by Rohani for the Sports and Youth Ministry but he failed to obtain Parliament’s […]
Iran seizes assets of tycoon under investigation
The Iranian judiciary says the assets of detained Iranian tycoon Babak Zanjani have been confiscated. The Mehr News Agency reports that all the assets under Babak Zanjani’s name have been identified and confiscated by order of the prosecutor. Zanjani’s debt to the Ministry of Oil, which is the main issue that prompted his arrest, […]
Dezfool Imam objects to female musicians at concerts
The Dezfool Friday Mass Imam has announced that female musicians should not perform at public concerts. IRNA reports that at a meeting of the Public Cultural Council in Dezfool, Hojjatoleslam MohammadAli Ghazi Dezfooli announced that religious leaders in the city are concerned about music concerts being held in Dezfool. “Having classical music concerts in […]
Asphalt workers arrested after protests over firing
Twenty workers at the Toos Asphalt Company have been arrested, according to the Ardkan governor, in the wake of protests on Tuesday against the firing of their union representative. ILNA reports that Ardkan Governor Ahmad Kamali criticized the workers’ protests of recent days, saying management has filed a complaint against a number of workers […]
Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad summoned to Bandar Abbas’s Revolutionary Court
Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, Gonabadi Dervish and one of the collaborators of Majzooban Noor website, was summoned by Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court in the city of Bandar Abbas for questioning over his case.According to Majzooban Noor, after the indictment was issued against Abdolghafour Ghalandari Nejad, a new trial date was set down for […]
IAEA Visits Iranian Uranium Mine
Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have visited an Iranian uranium mine for the first time in nearly a decade. The United Nations nuclear watchdog agency said its three-person team of inspectors went to the Gchine mine, near the southern port city of Bandar Abbas. Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization confirmed the inspectors […]
In Annual Address, Obama Attacks Rich-Poor Divide, Maps Out Afghan And Iran Plans
President Barack Obama has used his annual State of the Union address to announce what he called “concrete, practical proposals” to reduce the gap between rich and poor in the United States. He has also touted progress under his administration in bringing America “closer to energy independence than we’ve been in decades” and pushed […]
Statistics show Iran’s cancer rate rising fast
The chairman of the Cancer Research Center of Iran, Mohammad Esmail Akbari, says 41,000 Iranians die of cancer each year and Iran’s cancer rate is among the world’s fastest rising. ISNA reports that Akbari spoke on Wednesday January 20 at a meeting marking Cancer Prevention Week, saying that 85,000 new cancer cases are reported […]
Qaraveh governor calls for meeting over unpaid wages
Two hundred steelworkers from the Zagros Steel Company gathered in protest on Wednesday January 29 to once again demand their unpaid wages. The workers demonstrated in front of the Qaraveh Governor’s Office, demanding five months worth of back pay and insurance premium payments, ILNA reports. The report indicates that workers’ representatives are meeting with […]