Iran plans to send astronauts into space
Tehran Times Political Desk

TEHRAN - Iran plans to send astronauts into space and is currently conducting the relevant studies, Communications and Information Technology Minister Reza Taqipour announced on Saturday.

Friends remember late playwright Radi at Sangelaj
Tehran Times Art Desk

TEHRAN -- Family and friends gathered at the Sangelaj Theater Friday to celebrate the 70th birthday of the late playwright Akbar Radi.

Threatening construction projects halted at Soltanieh Dome
Tehran Times Culture Desk

TEHRAN -- The construction of 64 shops, which had breached the perimeter of the Soltanieh Dome, has almost come to a complete stop.

Iran, Pakistan initiate bourse cooperation
Tehran Times Economic Desk

TEHRAN – Tehran Stock Exchange Secretary General Ali Salehabadi and Pakistan Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Ali Shaikh signed an MOU in Tehran on Saturday to boost bilateral ties.

Announcement of new nuclear fuel plant was timely: MP
Tehran Times Political Desk

TEHRAN – MP Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moqaddam has said the announcement that Iran is building a new nuclear fuel enrichment plant came at exactly the right time.

MPs sure Larijani will retain principlist faction leadership
Tehran Times Political Desk

TEHRAN – A number of MPs have backed reelection of the current Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani as the leader of the parliament’s principlist majority faction.

Obama made a ‘historic mistake’: Ahmadinejad
Tehran Times Political Desk

TEHRAN – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here on Saturday that U.S. President Barack Obama has made a historic mistake when he accused Iran of secretly building a nuclear fuel production plant.

5+1 group didn’t ask Iran to suspend enrichment: Jalili
Tehran Times Political Desk

TEHRAN - Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, has said that in the Geneva talks on Thursday, the 5+1 group did not raise the issue of uranium enrichment suspension, as has been demanded by the recent United Nations Security Council resolutions.

Quake landslides wipe out 4 villages in Indonesia

PADANG, Indonesia (AP) – At least four Indonesian villages were obliterated by earthquake-triggered landslides that buried as many as 644 people including a wedding party under mountains of mud and debris, officials said Saturday.

MPs sure Larijani will retain principlist faction leadership
Tehran Times Political Desk

TEHRAN – A number of MPs have backed reelection of the current Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani as the leader of the parliament’s principlist majority faction.

Ireland backs EU treaty in poll re-run

DUBLIN (AFP) – Ireland voted resoundingly in favor of the EU's Lisbon Treaty in a re-run referendum, overturning a previous No vote and taking a key step towards ending the expanding bloc's deadlock, leaders said on Saturday.