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Iran English language newspaper headlines on Sunday, 12-01-2014

12 Jan 2014 - 12:14


Iran Daily
 
No need to enrichuranium to 60%
A top Iranian nuclear official says the country does not need to enrich uranium to the 60-percent purity level, and had better usenuclear reactors to meet energy demands.

 
Ashton invited to Tehran
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has invited EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton to visit Tehran, his deputy said on Saturday.

 
Iraq retakes areas in Ramadi
Residents of a militant-held city on Baghdad’s doorstep began slowly returning on Saturday amid a tense calm and a day after policeand tribesmen retook militant-held areas in the nearby Anbar provincial capital Ramadi.

 
Official outlines human rights in Iran
The use of issues pertaining to the United Nations (UN) as a tool in international interactions has become a common phenomenon.

 
Oman to be Iran’s gas broker if sanctions lifted
The Sultanate of Oman is positioning itself to broker Iran’s natural gas sales to the rest of the world, including Japan once international sanctions over Tehran’s civilian nuclear program are eased.

 
Irish lawmakers meetIranian officials
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met the head of the visiting Irish parliamentary delegation Pat Breen on Saturday.

 
MP: Nuclear difference not fully resolved
A senior Iranian parliamentarian said some of the outstanding issues in Iran’s nuclear negotiations with the world six powers remainunresolved.

 

 
Tehran Times
 
Iran, EU find solutions for differences over implementation of nuclear deal
Iran and the European Union have found solutions for differences on how to implement a landmark nuclear deal in talks in Geneva, a top Iranian nuclearnegotiator told the Mehr News
Agency on Saturday.

 
Iraqis return to Fallujah as UN backs campaign against extremists
Residents of a terrorist-held city on Baghdad’s doorstep began slowly returning on Saturday amid a tense calm, while the UN Security Council backed Iraq’s efforts against al-Qaeda-
linked extremists.

 
Butcher of Sabra and Shatila dies
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, whose legacy includes the killing of tens of thousands of Arabs over his six-decade military and political career, died at the age of 85, according to media report.

 
Citizens should be enlisted in efforts to protect the environment: Ebtekar
Iranian Department of the Environment Director Masoumeh Ebtekar said late on Friday that an atmosphere should be created that would encourage people to seriously cooperate in the efforts to protect the environment.

 
Nearly 500 killed in fighting between Syrian rebels and al-Qaeda
Almost 500 people, including 85 civilians, were killed during infighting between rebel groups and an al-Qaeda branch in Syria in the past week, an activist group reported.

 
Iran does not need to enrich uranium to 60 percent: nuclear chief
Iran does not need to  enrich uranium up to a purity level of 60 percent, the country’s nuclear chief said on Saturday.

 
Obama warns new sanctions would be detrimental to Iran deal
U.S. President Barack Obama’s spokesman Jay Carney has delivered a new warning that a Senate bill slapping new sanctions on Iran would be detrimental to the nuclear deal with Iran.

 
Ashton has been invited to visit Iran
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has invited European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to pay a visit to Tehran, an informed source told IRNA on Saturday.

 
Iran will not attend Syria peace talks: U.S. officials
Iran will not attend peace talks on the Syrian civil war due to take place in Switzerland this month, senior State Department officials said on Friday, Reuters reported.

 
U.S. seeking to relocate MKO members to Romania: report
The United States is making efforts to move several thousand members of an anti-Iranian organization from Iraq to Romania, the Voice of Russia reported on Friday

 
Jewish-American public leader raps AIPAC on lobbying for more Iran sanctions
American Rabbi Jack Moline, incoming director of the National Jewish Democratic Council, said on Friday that he thinks that some pro-Israel groups are pushing too hard for the Senate to pass new sanctions on Iran.


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