TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The political advisor of the Shiite Majority Fraction in the Iraqi parliament Mohsen Hakim, noting the recent remarks of the country’s President Jalal Talebani, said that the Parliament is the only authority to decide about continued presence of the US troops in Iraq.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Tehran’s interim Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammad Imami Kashani said both Muslims and Christians are seeking a peaceful life beside each other and the recent provocative statements of Pope Benedict XVI can no more impair Muslim-Christian relations and coexistence.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Tehran voiced his country’s enthusiasm for transferring its oil to the waters of the Persian Gulf.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Croatian Ambassador to Tehran said that the people of East Europe are waiting for the Iranian-made passenger car ‘Samand’.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Tehran said that if the crisis of Karabachos is not solved through negotiations and peaceful means, his country would study the last solution, meaning that the Republic of Azerbaijan would resort to military option.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that despite the abundant potentials and material talents of such world continents as Africa and South America, the world powers have deprived these countries and nations of their certain rights.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Croatian Ambassador to Tehran said that his country is keen on developing academic ties with Iran’s centers of higher education.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Two heavy blasts rocked the southwestern city of Khorramshahr at 10:44 hours local time on Thursday.

U.S. and world emergency crude oil reserves could replace a complete shut-off of Iranian oil exports for 18 months, avoiding an estimated 1 billion in damage to the American economy, the Government Accountability Office said on Tuesday.

The spiritual leader of English and Welsh Roman Catholics said on Wednesday that he wished to make efforts for a warmer relationship between the British Catholic and “Russian Orthodox” churches according to Russian media.