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5000-yr-old pottery kiln identified in Iran''s Burnt City

Tehran, March 2 : Archaeologists have identified a 5000-years-old pottery kiln near the ancient Burnt City of in Shahr-e Sukhteh in Sistan-va-Baluchestan Province in Iran.

Ex-president: Talks will prove Iran has no secret military projects

Ex-president: Talks will prove Iran has no secret military projectsTehran - Talks with the West to resolve the nuclear dispute will eventually prove that Iran has no secret military programmes, Iran's former president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani said Friday.

"I say it once again: We have no plans to pursue any military programmes in our nuclear projects and are ready to prove this to the West," Rafsanjani said at the Friday prayer ceremony in Tehran.

Iran, Bahrain resolve differences after diplomatic spat

Iran MapTehran - The foreign ministers of Iran and Bahrain said Friday they have sorted out differences caused by a senior Iranian cleric's remarks, official news agency IRNA reported.

Ali-Akbar Nateq-Nouri, a conservative former speaker of the Iranian parliament, reportedly said earlier this month that Iran still had sovereignty over Bahrain - sparking a diplomatic crisis.

Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Bahrain's Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmad al-Khalifa held talks in Tehran on the issue.

Iran to test its first nuclear power plant on Wednesday

IranTehran - Feb. 23 : Iran''s first nuclear power plant is all set to undergo a critical series of tests beginning Wednesday before it starts its full-scale operation later this year, Iranian state radio has aired.

Bushehr plant is a symbolic facet of Iran''s controversial nuclear program. The United States, Israel and some European nations had charged Iran for trying to produce nuclear weapons. However, Iranian leaders have maintained that the country''s nuclear ambitions are peaceful, the Washington Post reports.

Iran reformist defends Khatami's hand-shaking with European woman

Iran reformist defends Khatami's hand-shaking with European womanTehran  - An Iranian reformist justified and defended Mohammad Khatami, the reformists' top candidate for June's presidential election, for having shaken hands with a European woman during one of his trips abroad, the Fars news agency said Thursday.

Shaking hands with women in public is forbidden in Iran, especially for officials because, according to Islamic regulations, men are not allowed to touch strange women.

Iran reformist defends Khatami's female "hand-shake" picture

Iran reformist defends Khatami's female "hand-shake" picture Tehran  - A senior Iranian reformist has defended presidential candidate Mohammad Khatami after a picture circulated on the internet of him shaking hands with a woman during a foreign trip, the Fars news agency reported Thursday.

Shaking hands with women in public is strictly forbidden in Iran, especially for officials, as according to Islamic regulations men are not allowed to touch women who are strangers.

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