payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news News about Iran and Iranians delivered by payvand.com en-US Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:59:49 GMT Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:59:49 GMT http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1075.html Iran's ski team consisting of three men and one woman will take part in the 2010 Winter Olympics. The 21st Winter Olympics will be held from February 12 to 28 in Vancouver, Canada. -MNA payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1075.html http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1070.html The Railway watchman, with a large wrench in hand, walk the rails between stations scanning the railway nuts with their watchful eyes. If they find any problem areas, they're the ones who will have to warn the locomotive's operators. -Photos by Ali Hamed Haghdoust payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1070.html http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1072.html A group of Iranian Members of Parliament called for the dismissal and prosecution of Saeed Mortazavi, former Prosecutor of Tehran and all other perpetrators of the "Kahrizak catastrophe." -Radio Zamaneh payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1072.html http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1069.html Shahrzad Kariman, mother of imprisoned human rights activist Shiva Nazarahari who was arrested on 20 December 2009, told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that her daughter's activities with the Committee of Human Rights Reporters was completely legal and charges such as "association with MKO" are baseless. payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1069.html http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1073.html Iranian opposition leader, Mehdi Karroubi announced once more that he will participate in the February 11 demonstrations and also that he has no faith in a religious government that uses the Friday Mass Prayers for jubilation in the death of its nation's children. -Zamaneh payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1073.html http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1068.html Iran has cut all relations and cooperation with the British Museum after the museum refused to lend the country the Cyrus Cylinder for a showcase. The decision to cut the ties was announced during a press conference on Saturday by Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization Director Hamid Baqaii, who is also a vice president. -MNA payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1068.html http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1074.html Iran unveiled its first one-man twin-engine airplane dubbed Faez with the presence of Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmand Vahidi on Monday. Iran also inaugurated production lines of advanced drones named Raad and Nazir. -ISNA payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1074.html http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1077.html Iran has formally informed the UN nuclear agency that it will start on February 9 to further enrich uranium stockpiles to a level of 20 percent, further fueling Western concerns that Tehran is secretly seeking a nuclear bomb-making capacity. -RFE payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1077.html http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1076.html A military commander has called on people who participate in the Bahman 22 (February 11) rallies on Thursday to tolerate each other, TABNAK news website reported on Sunday. Both pro-administration and reformist groups have invited their supporters to attend the rallies to celebrate the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1076.html http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1071.html Head of the Iranian diplomatic apparatus recently pointed to Hillary Clinton's proclaimed policies in the course of presidential campaigns which caused her to lose ground to Barack Obama and noted that "different voices are heard from Washington which originates from the current problems in US foreign policy. However, it seems that positions taken by Mrs. Clinton are basically different from other voices." -Davoud Hermidas Bavand payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/10/feb/1071.html