payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news News about Iran and Iranians delivered by payvand.com en-US Fri, 16 May 2008 09:09:22 PDT Fri, 16 May 2008 09:09:22 PDT http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1153.html The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) has chosen Dr Yasaman Farzan of IPM as the winner of the IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Particle Physics in 2008. payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1153.html http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1155.html After defeating Japanese futsal team on Friday, Iran qualified for the 10th AFC Futsal Championship 2008 final game in Bangkok, Thailand. payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1155.html http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1151.html Six leaders of a group managing the Baha'i community's religious and administrative affairs in Iran were arrested at their homes by officers from the Ministry of Intelligence on 14 May and are now detained in Evin Prison in Tehran. -Amnesty International payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1151.html http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1156.html Iranian discus thrower Ehsan Hadadi attained the third place of the recent world's top list. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) released its monthly list of the best, in which Hadadi was third. payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1156.html http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1148.html Secretary Gates says the United States needs to recognize that Iran will need to get something out of any talks, so U.S. officials should not expect to simply go into talks with Iran with a list of demands. He also said more people-to-people exchanges could help build such U.S. leverage on Iranian leaders. -VOA payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1148.html http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1149.html The dispute centers on a part of Bush's speech to Israel's parliament on May 15. In it, he spoke of the hostility against Israel by the Islamist groups Hamas and Hizballah, and of Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad. -RFE payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1149.html http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1154.html A team of experts from the Yazd Cultural Heritage Center recently discovered the Achaemenid era predecessor of the city of Yazd. payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1154.html http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1152.html Despite some western countries' disruption, Islamic Republic of Iran managed to acquire horizontal directional drilling (HDD) technology, said engineering and planning manager of Oil Pipeline and Telecommunication Company, a subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company -MNA payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1152.html http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1150.html As Israel marks the 60th anniversary of its creation, Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad says the Jewish state is "dying" and that the celebrations are a failed attempt to prevent its "annihilation." -RFE payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1150.html