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 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that Iran has always welcomed just negotiations.

The Norwegian StatoilHydro company has not officially announced that it would withdraw from activities in an Iranian oil field, Oil Minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari said on Saturday.

The US insists on a ‘weekend’ deadline for NPT signatory Iran to reply to an incentives package for suspending its nuclear program.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Thursday it opposed any artificial deadlines being issued to Iran to force it to respond to incentives from world powers on suspending its nuclear activities.

KUWAIT (Reuters) – The United States and other Western countries are dealing in a provocative way with Iran over its nuclear program and should respect its sovereignty, Kuwait’s parliament speaker said.

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan opposes U.S. use of its territory for launching a possible attack against neighboring Iran, President Hamid Karzai said in an interview broadcast on Monday.

Iran has assured the international community that its military capabilities will only be used to safeguard regional peace and stability.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Pakistan signed four agreements on cooperation at the end of the 17th session of their joint economic commission which concluded here in Tehran on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A report on Sunday said that Washington has been funding covert operations to destabilize the Iranian government, with full approval from the US Senate.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC)and Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) are about to sign a 2-billion-dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract.