More or less everyone has heard about the Seven Wonders of the World. Very few know the eighth one since it is not inscribed on any record or history books! This 8th non man-made wonder in the writer’s opinion is located in the town of Jam, Asaluyeh, Bushehr Province, just above the Persian Gulf.
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Italian automaker Fiat halts sales to Iran
MILAN (AP) — The Italian automaker Fiat, which controls Chrysler, says it is halting sales to Iran.
Ashton Announces New Nuclear Talks With Iran Despite ‘Significant Differences’
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says a new round of talks between the six world powers and Iran will take place next month in Moscow.
Amnesty International Report 2012
Strong Arms Trade Treaty needed as UN Security Council looks unfit for purpose The courage shown by protesters in the past 12 months has been matched by a failure of leadership that makes the UN Security Council seem tired, out of step and increasingly unfit for purpose, Amnesty International said as it […]
Six-nation group tries to defuse tensions over Iran nuclear programme
World powers including US and China present package to Iran and call for halt to uranium production at underground site.
Leaders guilty of rights abuses banned from Olympics
LONDON (AFP) — World leaders and politicians guilty of human rights abuses will be banned from entering Britain for the 2012 London Olympics, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.
While pointing finger at Bahrain, Iran uses culture ministry to interrogate journalists
During the Universal Periodic Review of the human rights situation in Bahrain by the UN Human Rights Council two days ago in Geneva, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s delegation called on the Bahraini authorities to “free all political prisoners, put a stop to arbitrary arrests of government opponents and end the impunity reigning in the […]
Iran, World Powers Hold Nuclear Meeting In Baghdad
Representatives of Iran and six world powers are meeting in the Iraqi capital Baghdad to try to find a way out of the international impasse over Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran Upbeat Over Nuclear Talks
Iranian state television has quoted the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, Yukiya Amano, and Iran’s lead negotiator, Saeed Jalili, as saying that they had held “intensive” and “very useful” talks in Tehran.
Iran diplomacy gathers pace with surprise IAEA visit
By Simon Sturdee VIENNA (AFP)— The head of the UN atomic agency will visit Iran Monday, the IAEA said in a surprise announcement that raised hopes of a deal on closer cooperation just days ahead of major talks with world powers.