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"It will be just like Syria," said the strategic scholar just back from Israel and speculating about the much-debated question of whether Israel will eventually bomb Iran's nuclear installations.

Obama administration is shifting the focus of its Iran policy from talk to sanctions, but the prospect of winning early international support for toughened new penalties appears dim.

Friday, November 20, 2009 at 6:40 a.m. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran plans to launch a communications satellite by late 2011 with no outside help, a top Iranian official said Friday, after Italy and Russia declined to put it into orbit.

"The opening of the Bushehr Nuclear Station was postponed several times," Iranian Parliamentary Energy Commission Chairman Hamid Reza Katouzian said today.

Iran's specialists will launch the Misbah satellite into the Earth's orbit by late 2011, Iranian Communications Minister Rza Tagipur was quoted as saying today by the Iranian Fars news agency.

The head of the UN atomic watchdog has urged Iran to accept a deal over its nuclear programme by the end of the year, and "move beyond sanctions", BBC reported.

Tomorrow, The Turkmen parliamentary delegation led by parliamentary speaker Akja Nurberdiyeva will visit Iran, Iranian Ambassador to Turkmenistan Mohammad Rza Furgani was quoted as saying by the Iranian Fars news agency.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu arrived in Tabriz, Iran on Thursday to have several talks, Anadolu reported.

Azerbaijan, Baku, November 19 / Trend News, K.Zarbaliyeva /

The persons engaged in drugs smuggling from Iran to Azerbaijan were defused. Over 104 kg of drugs was withdrawn from these persons, the Center for Public Relations of Azerbaijani Ministry of National Security told Trend New on Nov. 19.

A Gaza charity headed by the interior minister of the militant Hamas group on Wednesday offered $1.4 million to any Arab citizen of Israel who abducts a soldier.

MANILA a ' More than a hundred people supported a charity bazaar held in Iran to help Pinoy victims recover from the devastation wrought by several typhoons in the Philippines.

In the last few weeks, there has been a flurry of unsubstantiated accusations against Iran.

Russia on Thursday said Iran had still not given its final answer to the international community on a proposal to send enriched uranium abroad for reprocessing, Reuters reported.

"USA and Europe know very well that Iran has no intention of acquiring nuclear weapons, they just want to obstruct Iran's nuclear program", former Iranian president and current chief of Advice Council Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said in a meeting with Swedish ambassador.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Tehran is ready to cooperate with other countries provided that they are "sincere" in their approach toward Tehran, PressTv website reported.

Iran's swine flu fatalities have reached triple digits as 42 new confirmed deaths reported this week brings the toll of the fatal disease to 100, Press TV reported.

Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has ruled out the possibility of Tehran facing further sanctions over its nuclear program, Press TV reported.

Turkmen Parliamentary Speaker Akja Nurberdieva will visit Iran on Nov.21, the Mehr news agency reported.

Kyrgyz short film Ayan (Touch) by Sadyk Sher-Niyaz awarded the Best Film prize of the international movie festival in Teheran (Iran), the Aitysh film studio informed 24.kg.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accompanied by a delegation of 24 senior officials visited Tabriz, the Iranian Fars news agency reported.