Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s residing representative at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asqar Soltanieh Wednesday said that the agency’s Director General Mohammed ElBaradei will release his report on Iranian nuclear program within the next one or two weeks. “The Agency’s director general will likely release his report on Iran’s …
Read More »Iran, S. Arabia Stockpiling Cheap Fuel
TEHRAN (FNA)- Cheap refined petroleum stored in Asia has prompted Iran and Saudi Arabia to purchase and stockpile millions of barrels of gas oil. Iran is storing around 2 million barrels of gas oil on ships, as cheap prices encourage the country to stockpile the fuel even though a mild …
Read More »Joint Committee Called for Fate of Iranian Diplomats
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki requested Lebanese officials on Tuesday to form a joint committee to probe into the fate of the four Iranian diplomats kidnapped in Lebanon in 1982. In a message to his Lebanese counterpart Fawzi Sallukh handed over by Iran’s Ambassador in Beirut Mohammad Reza …
Read More »Iran Underlines Peaceful Mission of Satellite
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran underlined that its first home-made satellite ‘Omid’ (Hope) which was launched on Tuesday has no military purposes. Speaking to reporter during a weekly press conference here in Tehran on Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Qashqavi brushed aside some countries’ concerns regarding Iran’s new scientific achievement. He …
Read More »Intellectuals View Iran’s Revolution as Major Event in World History
TEHRAN (FNA)- Islamic Revolution of Iran, in view of Pakistani intellectuals, was as a major event in the world history. “I believe that it (Islamic Revolution) is one of the unique examples in the history,” Mazhar Abbas a senior journalist in Islamabad told the Islamic republic news agency on Tuesday, …
Read More »Supreme Leader Lauds Launch of Iranian Satellite
TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei lauded Iran’s latest achievement in launching the home-grown ‘Omid’ satellite on Tuesday. In his response to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s letter, Ayatollah Khamenei appreciated the Iranian scientists and managers’ efforts that led to the successful launch of the …
Read More »Iranian Envoy Recounts Major Muslims Concerns
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mashaallah Shakeri Wednesday pointed to the West’s biased stance towards the world of Islam as among the Muslims’ major concerns. Criticizing some Western countries’ stance toward Muslims and linking them to terrorism, Shakeri said in a seminar dubbed as ‘Future Agenda of Change, Role …
Read More »Iranian VP Meets Djibouti Envoy
TEHRAN (FNA)- Djiboutian Central Bank Chief Mahamoud Haid Djama submitted a message from his country’s president to Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with Iran’s Vice President Parviz Davoudi. Djama, who is also special envoy of Djiboutian president, called relations between his country and Iran progressive and expressed hope …
Read More »Iran Seeks to Boost Trade Ties with Paraguay
TEHRAN (FNA)- An Iranian government delegation visited Paraguay to seek import and investment opportunities in the Latin American country. The delegation Monday visited Paraguay’s agricultural ministry and held talks with local businessmen with an aim to promote commercial and technological exchanges between the two nations, Paraguay’s local daily newspaper “ABC …
Read More »Turkish Speaker Invited to Gaza Conference in Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani invited his Turkish counterpart Koksal Toptan to attend a parliamentary conference to be held soon in Tehran where participants will discuss the recent crisis in Gaza. During a phone conversation with Toptan, Larijani said regional countries should call for more effective measures to …
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