Showing posts with label leadership. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leadership. Show all posts

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Golamreza Ansari, Iran's Ambassador to Russia: "We don't have such missiles"


The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo­ten­tiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Russia Golamreza Ansari told our correspondent about the Iranian nuclear program, missile technologies, Russian-Iranian military cooperation, and the current political situation in Iran. Before his appointment to Moscow, Ansari worked in the Head office of the Foreign Ministry in Tehran and then as Iranian Ambassador in London.

What is your opinion concerning the worries of some countries about the nuclear program of Iran?
Presently the most important global problem in the world is the nuclear program of Iran. Many scientists and politicians in the world worry about this program. There are three aspects of this problem: technical, political, and international law. Only the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) can make any conclusions about this problem. Article 4 of The Non-Proliferation Treaty speaks about the balance of security issues and social-economic circumstances in developing countries.
According to this agreement each country that has signed the Treaty has the right to carry out studies, produce, and use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. No country has the right to force another country to refrain from using nuclear energy. For more than 50 years, since the founding of the IAEA in 1957, as a result of political pressure this organization has not been able to reflect the interests of developing countries, as outlined in the IAEA Charter.


What is your attitude about the current situation in Iraq?

The Islamic Republic of Iran respects the territorial integrity of Iraq, advocates for unity and solidarity of all Iraqi people, parties, and influential clans. The development and prosperity of Iraq, the strengthening of central authority, clear and exact plans and a date of withdrawal for foreign troops from Iraq - are the main principles of our policy concerning Iraq.

The Iranian ambassador to Russia answered questions that many people were curious about. The Russians were also concerned about the nuclear program . If you look back over the last year though the Russians have been shipping the Iranians uranium.

Grade this post read full article here

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Ahmadinejad plans visit to Iraq




Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due in Baghdad next month for the first visit by an Iranian president to Iraq, government officials in Iraq have said. Mr Ahmadinejad is expected to meet Iraq's President Jalal Talabani and PM Nouri Maliki during his two-day visit, which is scheduled to begin on 2 March.




Iraq and Iran were arch-enemies during the rule of Saddam Hussein, but ties have improved since he was overthrown and a Shia-led government came to power. President Talabani and Prime Minister Maliki both visited Tehran last year. The BBC's John Leyne in Tehran says Mr Ahmadinejad's visit, if it goes ahead, will set the seal on reconciliation between Iran the two countries.




These two countrys that have been feuding for many years are now trying to make friendship. Iran and Iraq both have a common tie of the dislike of americans so this could contribute to the bonding of theses nations.


GRADE THIS POST






Thursday, February 7, 2008

Iran's Grand Ayatollah


A look at Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani:
___
EARLY YEARS: Born in the eastern Iranian city of Mashhad to a family with a lineage of Shiite religious scholarship, al-Sistani began his religious studies in the Iranian seminary city of Qom and, in the early 1950s, moved to the Iraqi Shiite center, Najaf. He was promoted to the rank of grand ayatollah in 1992. There are differing dates given for al-Sistani's birth, making him now either in his late 70s or 80.

HEALTH: In August 2004, al-Sistani traveled to London for treatment of a chronic heart condition, which has never been specified. His aides say al-Sistani has sharply cut back on his schedule in recent months, suggesting his health could be in decline. He was last seen in public shortly after returning from London.


To read more, click here.


This brief article provides a glimpse into the early life of Iran's Grand Ayatollah, and it discusses his assumed declining health.
GRADE THIS POST