Zitat:Western sanctions have provided Iranian producers with an opportunity to compete with rivals in the international markets, Iranian Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade Mehdi Ghazanfari said.
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Speaking to the oil ministry's website on the sidelines of the 18th International Oil, Gas, Refining, and Petrochemicals Exhibition here in Tehran, Ghazanfari said that the exhibition is a valuable opportunity to introduce the capabilities of Iranian industrialists.
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Zitat:The 3rd natural gas fractionation unit (NF3) was inaugurated in Bandar Imam Petrochemical Complex (BIPC) in Iran's Southwestern city of Mahshahr.
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The unit will produce 2.685,000 tons of petrochemical products, worth of $1.884bln, per annum. The unit's productions include Ethan, Propane, Butane, 5-Carbonate or heavier oil fractions and fuel gas.
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Zitat:32,000 candidates sign up for Iran local elections: Minister
Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:37AM GMT
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Mohammad-Najjar said on Monday that 18 percent of the candidates would be running for the city councils and the rest for the village councils.

Registration for the City and Village Islamic Council elections ended on Monday. The hopefuls had seven days to sign up.
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The elections are scheduled to be held on June 14, concurrent with Iran’s 11th presidential election.
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Zitat:...der Sprecher der iranischen UNO-Mission in New York, Aliresa Mirjussefi, erklärte, Al-Kaida sei nicht im Iran tätig. "Die iranische Position gegen diese Gruppe ist sehr klar und wohl bekannt", hiess es in einer E-Mail Mirjussefis an die Nachrichtenagentur AP.

"Al-Kaida hat keine Möglichkeit, innerhalb des Irans irgendeine Aktivität auszuführen oder eine Operation im Ausland von iranischem Territorium aus zu führen. Wir weisen nachdrücklich und kategorisch jede Verbindung zu dieser Geschichte zurück."

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Zitat:Fighting corruption duty of next administration: Lankarani
Sat Apr 27, 2013 12:32PM GMT

Iranian presidential hopeful Kamran Baqeri Lankarani has described fighting and preventing corruption as one the important duties of the administration.

In a press conference on Saturday, Lankarani said the three branches of government must join forces in order to fight corruption.
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Zitat:Bericht: Samsung blockiert App-Store-Zugriff im Iran
von Florian Kalenda am 26. April 2013, 21:29 Uhr

Samsung wird den Zugang zu seinem App Store vom Iran aus ab dem 22. Mai unterbinden. Dies berichtet die Nachrichtenagentur AP: Wegen “rechtlicher Barrieren” sei die Maßnahme unumgänglich geworden. Dies dürfte sich auf das US-Embargo gegen das Land beziehen.
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Zitat:Britische Regierung verhindert Schuldentilgung an Iran

Trotz der aktuellen EU-Sanktionen gegen den Iran, handelt das anglo-niederländische Unternehmen Shell mit iranischen Öl-und Gaslieferanten. Doch während Leistungen in Anspruch genommen werden, bleiben die Zahlungen [Anm: 2,3 Milliarden Dollar] an Iran aus.
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Auch die angebliche Bitte von Shell, das Geld in Form von Medikamenten des britischen Pharmaherstellers GSK zu leisten soll abgelehnt worden sein. Selbst die Lieferung von Nahrungsmitteln blockiere die Regierung, obwohl Medikamente und Lebensmittel nicht in die wirtschaftlichen Bereiche der Sanktionen gehören.

Zitat:Aref vows interaction with all countries except Israel

Fri May 3, 2013 12:17PM GMT

Reformist presidential hopeful Mohammad Reza Aref has promised to interact with all countries except the Zionist regime of Israel if he wins the June presidential election.

Aref, a former Iranian first vice president, said his future administration will be seeking a win-win deal in diplomatic negotiations.
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Zitat:Rohani criticizes political Situation
Thu May 2, 2013 9:20PM GMT

Presidential hopeful Hassan Rohani has criticized the ongoing political situation in Iran, promising more tolerance should he win presidential election next month.

Rohani, a mid-ranking cleric, made the remark on Thursday in his address to a gathering of women in Tehran.
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Zitat:Iran must speed up economy to counter sanctions: Rezaei
Fri May 3, 2013 10:11AM GMT

Iranian presidential hopeful Mohsen Rezaei says Iran needs to speed up its economy so that it can surmount the sanctions imposed against the country.

Iran’s economy currently suffers from problems, Rezaei said Thursday, stressing that the country’s economic situation is in need of “a leap.”
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Zitat:Unemployment, inflation top Velayati’s agenda
Thu May 2, 2013 2:2PM GMT

Iranian presidential election hopeful, Ali Akbar Velayati, says tackling unemployment and inflation would top his agenda, if he is elected president.
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Zitat:Iranian students to protest desecration of holy site in Syria
Sun May 5, 2013 4:28AM GMT

Iranian students plan to gather in front of the United Nations office in Iran’s capital, Tehran, to protest the desecration of a revered site belonging to a Shia Muslim figure by the militants in Syria.

According to media reports on Thursday, the militant groups in Syria have raided the mausoleum of Hujr ibn Adi in the Damascus suburb of Adra, and transferred his remains to an unknown location.

The students from different universities in Tehran will gather in front of the UN office on Monday to protest the blasphemous act.
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Zitat:Iran uses door-to-door diplomacy to spark baby boom
Population drive aims to raise population to 150 Million

Monday 22 April 2013
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About 150,000 health officials have been deployed for a programme of door-to-door diplomacy in an effort to persuade couples to have more children and single people to get married in an attempt to boost the population of the Islamic Republic. The move is in fact something of a U-turn, coming 20 years after the last attempt at state intervention into the nation’s bedrooms when officials offered citizens contraceptives and offered family planning advice to newly married couples.

Iran’s population currently stands at approximately 75 million. Last year, the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ordered an end to the $15 billion (£9.8bn) national family planning budget and at the same time called for the population to reach 150 million.
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Zitat:Präsidentenwahl im Iran

Rafsandschani kandidiert erneut

Der frühere iranische Staatschef Akbar Haschemi Rafsandschani hat überraschend seine Kandidatur für die Präsidentenwahl am 14. Juni angemeldet. Medienberichten zufolge reichte er seine Bewerbung nur wenige Minuten vor Ablauf der Anmeldefrist ein.
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Stand: 11.05.2013 18:25 Uhr

Zitat:686 candidates register for Iran's upcoming presidential election
English.news.cn 2013-05-12 16:14:02

TEHRAN, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The latest report released by Iran's Interior Ministry showed a total of 686 candidates have registered for the upcoming presidential election slated for June 14.
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Zitat:Irans Atom-Chefunterhändler will Präsident werden

Für die anstehenden Präsidentschaftswahl im Iran haben mit Atom-Chefunterhändler Said Dschalili und dem gemäßigten Ex-Präsidenten Akbar Haschemi Rafsandschani zwei politische Schwergewichte ihren Hut in den Ring geworfen.

Für die anstehenden Präsidentschaftswahl im Iran haben zwei politische Schwergewichte ihren Hut in den Ring geworfen: Atom-Chefunterhändler Said Dschalili und der gemäßigte Ex-Präsident Akbar Haschemi Rafsandschani trugen sich am letzten möglichen Tag in die Kandidatenliste ein, wie ein AFP-Reporter berichtete. Im Iran wird am 14. Juni ein Nachfolger für Mahmud Ahmadinedschad gewählt, der nach zwei Amtszeiten nicht erneut kandidieren darf.
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Iran is expected to export a total of 20 million tons of cement in 2013 which will make the country rank third after China and India, the Global Cement magazine wrote in its latest edition.
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"Iran's cement exports touched 13.5 million tons in the one-year period showing a 38 percent increase last year," Iranian Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade Vajihollah Ja'fari said.
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Zitat:21. Mai 2013 20:18
Wahl in Iran
Ex-Präsident Rafsandschani darf nicht antreten

Irans früherer Präsident Rafsandschani darf bei der kommenden Präsidentenwahl nicht antreten. Der Wächterrat verweigert ihm laut der staatlichen Nachrichtenagentur Fars die Teilnahme.

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Zitat:Iran’s constitutional supervisory body, the Guardian Council, has approved eight hopefuls to run in the upcoming presidential race slated for June 14.

The Council on Tuesday approved MP Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili, Secretary of the Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei and President of the Center for Strategic Research of the Expediency Council Hassan Rohani.

The list also included former First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Aref, Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, former telecommunication minister, Mohammad Gharazi, and former foreign minister, Ali-Akbar Velayati.

Former president, Hashemi Rafsanjani, and head of the Secretariat of the Non-Aligned Movement Esfandiyar Rahim-Mashaei, have not been approved by the Council.