Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fired two members of his cabinet, and may have to face a vote of confidence in parliament for the final few days of his current term, two semi-official Iranian news agencies reported Sunday. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The project requires some $10 billion investment and will be constructed within three years, the semi-official Iranian news agency Mehr reported. ❋ Hassan Hafidh (2011)
Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi confirmed that retaliatory measures had been taken but did not provide any details, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday. ❋ Thomas Erdbrink (2010)
A short distance behind the glossy steel-glass-and-marble office tower of Al-Ahram, the prestigious semi-official Egyptian daily, another age, another Egypt begins. ❋ The New York Review Of Books (2011)
Iran confirmed Tuesday the arrest of three American hikers who crossed into the country from neighboring Iraq and said they have been charged with "illegal entry," a semi-official news agency reported. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The semi-official ISNA news agency says Iranian nuclear experts met this week to discuss how to remove the malicious computer code, dubbed Stuxnet, which can take over systems that control the inner workings of industrial plants. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)
Iran's supreme leader believes the country's president should dismiss the top vice president, whose recent appointment has drawn criticism from conservatives, semi-official media reported Wednesday. ❋ Unknown (2009)
At one of the semi-official gathering spots -- a massive, accordion-and-Hops-fueled bar called Hofbrauhaus -- the security guards were saying they'd never seen visiting fans take over the place like that, for any sport. ❋ Dan Steinberg (2011)
China's overall auto sales rose 32.4% to 18.06 million vehicles in 2010, but growth will likely slow to 10%-15% this year, the semi-official China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said in January. ❋ Joanne Chiu (2011)
The semi-official Fars news agency said Friday that the commander, identified as General Abbas Asemi, died in an explosion. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Then he went to the offices of Al Ahram, the semi-official newspaper and printing plant, to read the proofs of Al siyasah al-dawliyah, a quarterly on international affairs of which he was the editor. ❋ The New York Review Of Books (2011)
Iran's national police commander said demonstrators will face a fierce crackdown if their "illegal" activities continue, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Wednesday, following several days of anti-government protests and officials calling for the arrest of the political leaders of the opposition. ❋ Unknown (2009)
ET: An unnamed judiciary official tells the semi-official news agency Fars that the men are in their homes and that there had only been "restrictions on their contacts," Sky News reports. ❋ Unknown (2011)
"Annual sales growth will probably fall short of our forecast if no positive factors emerge," Dong Yang , secretary general of the semi-official China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, said Thursday at a briefing on vehicle sales data for May. ❋ Unknown (2011)
A closer look traces this tidbit to the semi-official Fars news agency which attributes the violence to protesters: "One person was shot dead and several were wounded by seditionists opposition supporters who staged a rally in Tehran." ❋ Sharmine Narwani (2011)
Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency, quoting an unnamed police source, said police were investigating the assassination which took place in eastern Tehran. ❋ Reuters (2011)
