Iran News

TEHRAN (FNA)- Bolivian President Evo Morales says he’s moving the country’s lone Middle Eastern embassy to Iran as he builds increasingly warm ties with the Islamic Republic.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian archeologists have started the third phase of excavations at the country’s ancient Tappeh Shoqali site in the city of Varamin.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Top intelligence officials from Iran and Russia have agreed to boost bilateral ties in their fight against terrorism and extremism.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf is slated to serve on the jury of the 2008 Pusan International Film Festival.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The managing director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines announced here on Friday that 27 ships will be added to IRISL fleet by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20).

TEHRAN (FNA)- Emir of Qatar Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani said in Damascus quadripartite meeting that the problem between the United Arab Emirates and Iran on three Persian Gulf Islands should be solved peacefully.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Pressure for a cut in oil output at next week’s OPEC meeting in Vienna stepped up today when Iran’s OPEC governor said an oil price of $100 per barrel was “appropriate” in current conditions.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed sanctions by the world powers against his country as illegal, and said that Iran may impose sanctions against the world’s predominant forces in response.

TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale jolted the areas in the vicinity of Iran-Iraq border in Iran’s southwestern province of Ilam on Thursday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Air Force announced the first Saeqeh (Lightning) fighter-jets capable of conducting long-range air missions would be delivered in 2009.