Bank: Iranian inflation increasing (Moldova.org)
The annual inflation rate in Iran reached a 26.4 percent increase last month in comparison to the same month in 2007, the country's top bank says.The Central Bank of Iran said in a statement that the month that ended on June 20, annual inflation in the Middle Eastern country had increased substantially for the second month in a row, PressTV reported Saturday.Inflation in the Iranian month of ...
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Iran threatens to close Hormuz Strait (Moldova.org)
Iran will close the Hormuz Strait if the Middle Eastern country's interests in the region are threatened, the Iranian military's chief of staff says.Maj. Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi said his country is prepared to close the Persian Gulf strait to foreign traffic if Iran is targeted by members of the international community, PressTV reported Saturday.The Strait of Hormuz is a strategic waterway and ...
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Nozari: High oil prices will follow attack (Moldova.org)
The cost of crude oil will spike dramatically if Iran becomes the target of any form of military action, Iranian Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari says.Nozari said Saturday with speculation growing of a possible assault on Iran, the cost of crude oil prices would undoubtedly increase if such an attack ever occurred, Alalam reported.Iran is the second-largest crude oil producer among all members ...
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Mullen urges diplomacy for Iranian nukes (Moldova.org)
Diplomacy is the preferred option to diffuse Israeli-Iranian tensions over Iran's nuclear program, Adm. Mike Mullen, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, said.Mullen, who just returned from a trip to Israel and Europe, said during a news briefing Wednesday he wouldn't discuss specifics about speculation surrounding whether Israel would attack Iran's nuclear facilities.Mullen said concern exists ...
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UPI NewsTrack TopNews (Moldova.org)
Salmonella probe widensWASHINGTON, July 5 (UPI) -- Investigators are looking at all the ingredients in fresh salsa as they try to find the cause of the U.S. salmonella outbreak, officials said Saturday.Tomatoes and jalapeno peppers are still suspect, the Atlanta Journal & Constitution reported. But the Centers for Disease Control said the investigation has widened.We're still looking at tomatoes ...
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Iran reiterates nuclear stance (Moldova.org)
Iran expressed a willingness Saturday to negotiate with the West but won't give up its right to what it calls its peaceful nuclear program.The comments from government spokesman Gholamhossein Elham came one day after Iran formally responded to a package of economic incentives offered by the so-called 5 plus 1 group of nations, the BBC reported. Neither the exact content of multinational proposal ...
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Mullen urges diplomacy for Iranian nukesWASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- Diplomacy is the preferred option to diffuse Israeli-Iranian tensions over Iran's nuclear program, Adm. Mike Mullen, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, said.Mullen, who just returned from a trip to Israel and Europe, said during a news briefing Wednesday he wouldn't discuss specifics about speculation surrounding whether ...
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Iranian court finds man guilty of treason (Moldova.org)
An Iranian found guilty of spying for Israel has been sentenced to death, an Iranian government agency said.Ali Ashtari had links with the spy agencies of the Israeli regime and transferred sensitive information from Iran's research, military and defense centers, including the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, to Mossad officers, an official at Iran's Intelligence Ministry said Monday in a ...
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Oil blazes past record $US146 (News Interactive)
RED hot world oil prices blazed over a record $US146 a barrel today in the face of falling US oil reserves, geopolitical tensions and a weak dollar.
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25 killed in bus crash near Tehran (ABC 13 Houston)
Iranian state radio says that at least 25 people are killed and 16 injured in a bus accident near Tehran
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