TEHRAN (FNA) – Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem voiced his country’s support for Iran’s right to acquire peaceful nuclear technology.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari is planned to hold talks with his counterparts from OPEC member states.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkey could sign in February a final deal with Iran that includes developing Iranian gas fields and building power plants together in both countries, Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- As part of an exchange in traditional sports between Iran and Indonesia, two experts in zurkhaneh visited Jakarta to introduce the sport to Indonesians.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Security Council resolutions on Iran are in violation of the UN Charter.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A visiting senior official of Iran on Thursday condemned sectarian disagreements in the Middle East and expressed its rejection to sedition between Sunnis and Shiites.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to conduct training exercises to increase the country’s response under emergency conditions in the advent of an oil spill.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar stressed on Thursday that Tehran would not allow any trans-regional power to endanger security of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

ISLAMABAD – A group of retired senior military officers said on Thursday President Pervez Musharraf should hand over power to the judge he sacked three months ago to ensure national elections are fair.

ISTANBUL – At least 20 people were killed and 117 were injured on Thursday when an explosion ripped through an Istanbul building that housed an illegal fireworks factory, the city governor’s office said.