TEHRAN, July 19 (Shana) — Managing director of Isfahan Oil Refinery said the facility has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s Daelim Company for improving production procedures and optimizing the facility. Lotfali Chavoshi said on Monday that the process improvement and optimization plan of the refinery will bring the facility to its […]
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NATO’s media hype aims to promote Iranophobia
According to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, Iran must avoid manufacturing and designing missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. On the other hand, missiles produced by Iran have not been designed to carry nuclear warheads and all activities of the country following the conclusion of the nuclear deal with the P5+1 group, also […]
Phases 20, 21 of South Pars 90% through
Project Director of South Pars Phases 20 and 21 said eleven wells have been drilled in phase 21 adding “at the present time, final stages of the operation are ongoing.” “Both phases have had 90 percent development,” underlined Mahdavi adding “refinery of phases 20 and 21 comprises four gas sweetening rows the first of which […]
Marseille airport evacuated 2 days before city set to host Euro 2016 semi-final
According to a witness at the scene, the military has now allowed passengers to re-enter the airport. Marseille is the venue for Thursday’s Euro 2016 football semi-final between France and Germany. The airport is located 27km from Marseille, and is the fifth busiest airport by passenger traffic and third largest for cargo traffic in France. […]
Coincidence? US State Department Renews Travel Warning Day Before Istanbul Attacks
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Are comparisons of South African apartheid and Israel useful?
The South African Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee has a habit of speaking in rhetoricals. The effect, however, is that he makes his point quite clearly. This was the case recently at the Palestine Festival of Literature, which travels through Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. Speaking on the festival’s last day, Coetzee noticed that “naturally […]
غياب كارل ماركس العثمانية الجديدة .. وموت نصف أردوغان
الإعلام تايم– مقالات وأراء بعض الأقدار لانفهمها ولانقدر أن نفهمها مهما كان إيماننا عظيماً .. ونبقى حائرين ونسأل الله أسئلة فيها عتاب .. ولكن من ذا الذي يعاتب الخالق على الأقدار إلا من لايفهم مزاج الأقدار .. فحتى الله نعاتبه عندما لانفهم أقدارنا .. وربما لاتوجد منذ انطلاق الحرب على سورية مدينة يحق لها أن […]
BP & ENI Discover New Egyptian Offshore Gas Field
nsnbc : BP and ENI, on Thursday, stated that the two energy corporations discovered a new, significant gas field off the Egyptian coast. The newly discovered gas field is in the Baltim southwest exploration gas black in the Est Nile Delta. BP and ENI report that the newly discovered gas reserves are located some 10 […]
Information kept secret regarding 12 Gitmo detainees’ attacks on Americans
Since a Pentagon official reported two months ago that some dozen former Guantánamo detainees were responsible for the deaths of Americans overseas, the Obama administration has not been forthcoming on the locations or names of those involved. The disclosure was first made in March by senior Pentagon official Paul Lewis, who oversees Guantánamo issues […]
Israel Punishes 83,000 Palestinians Over Tel Aviv Shooting
Israel suspended entry permits for a staggering 83,000 Palestinians Wednesday during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan after the deadly Tel Aviv shooting, in an act of collective punishment that is likely to increase tensions. The measure from Israeli authorities came as two Palestinians dressed in black shot dead four people at a popular Tel Aviv nightspot, the deadliest attack in a […]
Smuggling of goods declined 40% in Iran: official
TEHRAN — Primary estimates show a 40 percent decline in the smuggling of gods in Iran over the past two years, Qasem Khorshidi, head of the Anti-Smuggling Headquarters said on Wednesday. The 40 percent drop is the result of making corrective decisions in macroeconomic level, and also taking preventive measures as well as countermeasures, Khorshidi […]
Radical performance artist who started fire at Russian FSB HQ entrance set free on bail
Controversial artist Pavlensky, from St. Petersburg, was found guilty of “damaging cultural heritage” after he set on fire the wooden doors of the FSB’s Lubyanka building last November, a Moscow court ruled on Wednesday. The arguments of the defense were found to be inconsistent and the artist had no criminal intention, the court said. Pavlensky […]
Floats like a butterfly stings like a bee
For those of us d’un certain age the above title sums up Muhammed Ali. Unusually this eloquence was not coined by the Champion of all Champions but by Drew “Bundini” Brown one of Ali’s corner-men (unwelcomed by coach Angelo Dundee) a hyper-ventilating fluffer who’s task was to pump Ali up for the battles in the […]
78% of Israelis support annexing West Bank settlement Ma’aleh Adumim
78% of Israelis support unilateral annexation of Ma’ale Adumim, poll finds JPost 31 May by Lahav Harkov — Right-wing MKs draft bill to apply sovereignty in West Bank city the day after PM expresses support for Saudi peace plan; Gush Etzion calls to be included in annexation effort. The Knesset Land of Israel caucus called […]
Amnesty: Sheikh Salman’s Conviction is Politically Motivated, Must be Immediately Released
Local Editor In a shocking attack on the right to freedom of expression Bahrain’s authorities upheld the conviction of opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman and increased his prison sentence from four to nine years for giving speeches in which he criticized the government, said Amnesty International. “Sheikh Ali Salman’s conviction is clearly politically motivated and […]
Health Tourism: A missing link in foreign investment
An increasing number of foreign trade delegations are traveling to Iran to claim a stake in the country’s emerging market following the lifting of economic sanctions earlier this year. The delegates, who are mostly business leaders and senior government officials, discuss a variety of areas to do business but when it comes to tourism, discussions […]
Religious zealots ready for takeover of Israeli army
In a surprise move, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week forced out his long-serving defense minister, Moshe Yaalon. As he stepped down, Yaalon warned: “Extremist and dangerous elements have taken over Israel.” He was referring partly to his expected successor: Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the far-right Yisrael Beiteinu party, whose trademark outbursts have included […]
Religious zealots ready for takeover of Israeli army
In a surprise move, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week forced out his long-serving defense minister, Moshe Yaalon. As he stepped down, Yaalon warned: “Extremist and dangerous elements have taken over Israel.” He was referring partly to his expected successor: Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the far-right Yisrael Beiteinu party, whose trademark outbursts have included […]
Religious zealots ready for takeover of Israeli army
In a surprise move, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week forced out his long-serving defense minister, Moshe Yaalon. As he stepped down, Yaalon warned: “Extremist and dangerous elements have taken over Israel.” He was referring partly to his expected successor: Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the far-right Yisrael Beiteinu party, whose trademark outbursts have included […]