TEHRAN (FNA)- Former Parliament Speaker Mehdi Karroubi said he would announce his final decision about running in the presidential election by October 21.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian parliament’s energy commission approved the country’s membership in six international energy organizations and unions, a parliamentary official said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- President Ahmadinejad says Iran is a great family and nation and that religious minorities are inseparable constituents of the country.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Kamov, one of Russia’s largest helicopter producers, is hoping to sign an agreement by the end of the year to export Ka-226T utility helicopters to Iran, the company’s director said on Friday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- UNESCO is organizing three events in Isfahan to promote the development of high quality cultural and creative industries in Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency Ali Asghar Soltaniyeh said on Thursday that since mutual talks between Iran and IAEA on guaranteeing nuclear fuel have failed, Iran has no alternative but to continue uranium enrichment independently and generate fuel cycle.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is prepared to contribute to the shooting of a Hollywood movie on the life of the 13th-century Persian poet and mystic, Mowlavi, an Iranian diplomat said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that the uranium enrichment program of Iran, as a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is not in breach of any law.

Press freedom activists have condemned Egypt for jailing a newspaper editor who printed rumours about the health of its 80-year-old president.

Russia has spared Ukraine from a steep price rise in gas for the time being despite a row over arms sales to Georgia.