TEHRAN (FNA)- The fourth meeting of the Iran-Syria Maritime Transport Commission will be held in Damascus on December 23, the Iranian economic counselor in Syria, Seyed Mortaza Mortazavi, announced on Sunday. Deputy Road and Transportation Minister Ali Taheri and his Syrian counterpart will co-chair the two-day meeting, Tehran Times quoted …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Trade at Iranian bazaars was brought to a halt as merchants protest over recent Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people in Gaza. On Monday morning, merchants closed their shops in the capital Tehran, and other big cities across the country to express their support for Palestinians in the …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said the commission’s rapporteur will not take part in the Persian Gulf security conference in Bahrain. Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has decided that no Iranian diplomat attend the …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani asked MPs to postpone three impeachment motions at hand in a bid to have a better opportunity to study the government’s economic reform plan, the national unity plan and the new year’s budget. The parliament has reportedly received three impeachment motions against the …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Some 549,000 tons of products valued approximately at $632 million were exported via the northeastern Khorassan Razavi province in the eight months to November 20, 2008. The director of Khorassan Razavi Province’s Commerce Organization said that the exports show a 28 percent and a 36 percent growth in …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said on Monday that Parliament has decided to provide the Gaza people with practical and urgent assistance through active diplomacy. Larijani, who arrived in the holy city of Qom to meet the city’s senior clerics, made the remarks in his meeting with Ayatollah …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Hamas supporters staged a show of strength to mark the 21st anniversary of its founding. 200,000 Gaza residents took to streets of Gaza City to draw attention of the International Community to the hardship imposed on them by the Israeli blockade. Ahead of the rally, spokesman Fawzi Barhum …

TEHRAN (FNA)- An archeological team claimed to have found a Neolithic residential area on the Kelar Tepe, a prehistoric mound located in the Kelaradsht region in Iran’s northern province of Mazandaran. Excavations at the Rashak 3 Cave have uncovered an oven at a depth of 5 meters, team director Hamed …

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian lawmaker dismisses Washington’s claims that it would help Israel create a nuclear umbrella against Iran, saying that Tehran pursues a fully peaceful nuclear drive. “In the modern-day world, nuclear program is no longer a defensive measure aimed at protecting the national security of different countries,” …

TEHRAN (FNA)- The National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) currently has the construction of 7 refineries across the country in hand. Khuzestan refinery, The Persian Gulf Star refinery, Shahriar refinery, Anahita refinery, Hormoz refinery, Caspian refinery and Pars refinery are the seven planned refineries, MNA reported. When these …