TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran builds its economic policy in conformity with growing sanctions of the West and UN Security Council and the rise in oil prices will save the country from sanctions, a former advisor to the Central Bank of Iran said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Air Force started on Friday large scale combat drills in the northwest of the country with simulated dogfights.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad Reza Sheybani on Thursday called for “upgraded cooperation and solidarity” between Middle Eastern countries.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Kazakh Transport and Communication Minister Serik Akhmetov signed a cooperation protocol at the end of the 10th meeting of the Kazakh-Iranian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic, science and technical and cultural cooperation.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran welcomed on Friday Syria and Lebanon’s establishment of diplomatic ties.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Architects completed reconstruction of the roof of the tomb of Emperor Cyrus the Great, the director of Parseh Research Foundation says.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council voiced the country’s preparedness to overcome any hurdles to its nuclear program.

TEHRAN (FNA)- China has hampered US efforts to convene permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany to discuss new sanctions against Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that West failed to deprive Iran of its legitimate rights. Ahmadinejad made the remarks in his address to a large crowd of enthusiastic people in Gilan province on Wednesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran-Kazakhstan 10th economic commission opened in the Kazakh capital Astana to consider expansion of economic and trade cooperation.