Akbar Salehi
Iran takes credit for popular revolutions in Middle East
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says the surge of Islamic awakening engulfing the Middle East is the result of the Islamic Republic’s resistance and firmness.
On Thursday, Salehi described the popular revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt and the still-unfolding pro-democracy protests in Libya and Bahrain as a movement similar to miracle, and noted that the driving force behind this wave of Islamic awakening stems from 32 years of Iranians’ resistance, IRNA reported. (more…)
Iran tries to ease worries over missile test
A top Iranian nuclear official sought Friday to ease international worries about his nation’s nuclear program days after Tehran test-fired an upgraded medium-range missile that alarmed the West.
Akbar Salehi, head of the country’s Atomic Energy Organization, said Iran won’t have a new generation of more efficient centrifuges for the production of nuclear fuel until 2011 and won’t have its heavy-water plant in Arak operational for “three or four years.” Source: LAT
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