Iran News

TEHRAN (FNA)- MegaFon, Russia’s third largest mobile operator, is ready to invest around €3 billion ($4.6 billion) in its business in Iran, the company’s general director said on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi Qomi said that Tehran welcomes restoration of stability, security and tranquility in Iraq.

TEHRAN (FNA)- War enthusiast and staunch McCain supporter Senator Joe Lieberman said that the prospect of US military actions against Iran is distinct.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian oil official said despite a current surge in oil prices, the world oil cartel does not need to hold an emergency meeting.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani called on the international community to take up a fair approach towards Iran’s nuclear issue and create a more conducive climate for Iran to give reassurances on its nuclear program.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran blasted NATO on Wednesday for being “indifferent” towards Afghanistan’s growing drugs problem and called on European states to help Tehran fight smuggling of heroin and other narcotics from its eastern neighbor.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran has protested to Baghdad over reports that Iraq had backed the United Arab Emirates’ baseless claims on Iran’s indispensible islands of the Greater Tunb, the Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa in the Persian Gulf, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s gasoline production capacity will rise 70,000 barrels a day following the launch of operation of Tabriz’s Shahriar refinery, an official said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Prospects for another round of talks soon between Iranian and US officials proved to be dim after Iraq’s foreign minister said Wednesday that such a meeting is unlikely to go ahead due to increasing frictions between the two sides.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Indian refiner MRPL will soon conclude a deal to sell 250,000 tons of diesel to Iran over the next eight months, its managing director said on Wednesday, replacing Reliance Industries as a major supplier to the OPEC member.