TEHRAN (FNA) Tehran’s interim Friday Prayers leader Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani termed the visit to the Middle-East by US President George Bush as unsuccessful and a great failure for Washington, stating that Americans failed in attaining either one of their premeditated goals.
Read More »Iran’s NICOC Sets Gas Output Record
TEHRAN (FNA) The National Iranian Central Oil Co. said the company set a new gas output record in 2007, producing 300 million cubic meters of natural gas.
Read More »Kuwait FM Lauds Iran’s Regional Role
TEHRAN (FNA) Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem praised Iran’s role in the establishment of peace and security in the region.
Read More »India’s OVL, Iran’s Petropars Want Stake in Iranian Kish Block
TEHRAN (FNA) ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), a unit of India’s largest exploration company Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), and Iranian oil major Petropars have approached National Iranian Oil Co (NIOC) about taking a stake in the USD 30bln Kish gas block in Iran.
Read More »Israel “would not dare attack Iran”: Ahmadinejad
DUBAI – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that Israel “would not dare attack Iran”, after Israel said it tested a missile and warned against Tehran’s nuclear program.
Read More »Iranian Deputy FM Meets Venezuelan President
TEHRAN (FNA) Iran’s deputy Foreign Minister Alireza Sheikh Attar and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in a meeting in Guatemala City on Thursday conferred about the decisions adopted during OPEC’s recent heads-of-state summit in Saudi Arabia.
Read More »Iran Keen to See Oilfield Investment by India
TEHRAN (FNA) Iran Wednesday invited Indian companies to invest in developing oilfields.
Read More »Malaysia Rejects Bush’s Iran Terror Label
TEHRAN (FNA) Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Tuesday rejected US President George W Bush’s description of Iran as the leading state sponsor of terrorism, and said the comment would cause discord.
Read More »Iran to Continue Cooperation with IAEA
TEHRAN (FNA) Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Saeed Jalili said in Beijing Thursday that Tehran will continue its positive cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Read More »Iran Backs Arab League Efforts to End Lebanon Deadlock
TEHRAN (FNA) Iran on Wednesday said that it backs the Arab League chief Amr Mussa’s efforts to persuade warring Lebanese factions to agree a compromise plan allowing the election of a new president.
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