TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Tehran says recent comments about Iran from Washington cannot affect relations between countries in the Mideast.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- World oil traded lower in Asia on Monday as the market entered a traditional year-end cooling off period and concerns persisted over slower US economic growth, dealers said.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that after three rounds of talks with the US over Iraq, Tehran has not yet found Washington committed to the agreements gained during the previous meetings.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said that the French oil company, Total, has voiced preparedness to make a 12-bln-dollar investment in Iran’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived here in Tehran on Sunday to continue talks with Iran to resolve the issues remaining between the two sides, Iran’s envoy to the IAEA said.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Following the report by 16 US intelligence agencies which approved the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear programs, Switzerland renewed its call for a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear issue.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s government is considering a new law to encourage members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to leave the separatist guerrilla group, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Sunday.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU leaders are expected to agree this week that efforts to reach a negotiated solution to the Kosovo problem are exhausted, and offer to take responsibility for security and justice in the breakaway Serbian province.

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) – Citizens of Bosnia’s Serb Republic voted on Sunday in an early election for the mainly ceremonial post of regional president after the sudden death of President Milan Jelic.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian president’s participation in the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) summit in Doha, Qatar strengthened security cooperation in the region, Bahraini foreign minister said.