Hiedeh Farmani
Hiedeh Farmani works from Toronto. ex-AFP journalist in Tehran, news hound, writer/editor
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/ 22 August 2006

Iran delivers response to nuclear offer

Iran delivered its response on Tuesday to a deal aimed at ending a nuclear stand-off — but it had already signalled it was likely to defy the international community and refuse to freeze sensitive atomic work. Tehran’s written response was delivered to representatives of the five permanent United Nations Security Council members plus Germany.

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/ 26 June 2006

Iran: More money needed to fight drugs … or else

Iran has threatened to allow traffickers to flood Europe with narcotics unless its costly border-security operation is given a massive hike in United Nations funding. The Islamic republic’s new anti-drugs head said Iran had asked the UN Office on Drugs and Crime for a hefty -million in order to combat smugglers from neighbouring Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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/ 9 May 2006

Iran press hails US letter for crossing ‘red line’

Iran’s press on Tuesday hailed the hard-line regime’s letter to arch-enemy George Bush — with moderate papers hoping for detente and hardliners praising President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s "audacity". "Regardless of the content … such a communication could lead the two sides to direct talks," the centrist <i>Shargh</i> newspaper said somewhat optimistically.

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/ 15 September 2004

Fahrenheit 9/11 gets ‘axis of evil’ premiere

Cinemagoers in the Iranian capital were given their first glimpse of Fahrenheit 9/11 this week, but appeared to also enjoy the rare chance to watch an American movie more than its assault on their regime’s arch foe George Bush. On Tuesday night the film was sold out and the theatre packed with close to 380 people, most of them young.