News censorship destroys people’s trust: Rafsanjani 

18 August 2010 | 19:21 Code : 8305 General category

Tehran, Aug 8, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that imposing new sanctions against Iran should be seen as the start of the collapse of the dominance of the dollar over world markets. Addressing a local gathering to honor world Mosques Week, the president said that the anti-Iran sanctions would have no effect on the Iranian nation. “They would deprive themselves from Iran’s economy,” said the President. He stressed that Iran would benefit from the sanctions opportunity to develop its domestic products and globalize them. Criticizing the bullying powers’ claim that they used sanctions to put Iranian government and not its people under pressure, the President said, “You would take to your graves the dream of putting slightest pressure on the Iranian nation.” President Ahmadinejad said such justifications by bullying powers were rooted in their confusion regarding the Iranian nation.

News censorship destroys people’s trust: Rafsanjani 

)Tehran Times Political Desk)Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has stressed the importance of news and journalism for the( country and said censorship of the news will destroy people’s trust.

Rafsanjani made the remarks in Tehran on Saturday, one day ahead of Iran’s national Journalists Day.   In the post-industrial world, where the most advanced technologies have produced all means of communication, it is impossible to deny or censor a news story, he said.   “We should not let others report Iran-related news to our people (first),” he added.   He went on to say that there is a distinction between news reporting and news fabrication and noted that the advancement of information technology has made it easier to spread rumors.   Rafsanjani emphasized that news censorship will destroy people’s trust.   “The wider the circle of news fabrication and the denial of truth, the less the people will trust the national media, and (they) will shift (their) attention to the foreign media,” he added.   He said that journalists help raise awareness in society, and thus they contribute to the country’s progress.   He also called on the Islamic Republic of Iran to promote truthful journalism and prompt reporting in the country

Iran will prevent enemy reconnaissance flights: defense minister

TEHRAN, Aug. 7 (Mehr News Agency) -- Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said the enemies should be aware that Iran’s Air Force is ready respond to any aggression and can prevent reconnaissance flights over the country Vahidi stated that the enemies “must be aware that the anti-aircraft batteries and the powerful Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran are well prepared to respond to any aggression with full force and prevent such reconnaissance missions from taking place.
” Through such missions, the United States is seeking to gather sensitive intelligence, Vahidi told the Fars News Agency on Saturday.
Elsewhere in his remarks, he stated that Iran plans to move all defense-related industries out of the capital.
“We have begun the process of relocating defense industries and plan to move the defense-related industries out of the capital as soon as possible,” the defense minister said.
He added that relocating an industry from Tehran is a difficult task to accomplish since the production lines must be in operation continually.