TEHRAN (FNA) Iran’s deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Seyed Abbas Araghchi was appointed as the country’s ambassador to Japan.
Read More »Libya Dismisses Further Sanctions on Iran
TEHRAN (FNA) Libya has hinted it will not support further sanctions on Iran if its nuclear file goes back to the UN Security Council.
Read More »Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution: Iran Should Have Launched N. Efforts Long Ago
TEHRAN (FNA) Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said in the central city of Yazd on Thursday that Iran should have launched nuclear efforts several decades ago to meet the growing need to electricity.
Read More »Iranian Embassy in Turkey Blasts Article by UK’s Miliband
TEHRAN (FNA) Iranian embassy in Ankara reacted angrily to an article last month by British Foreign Secretary David Miliband in the Turkish daily Zaman which argued the need to keep up the pressure on Iran over its nuclear activities.
Read More »Iranian FM Holds Talks with Pakistani Counterpart
TEHRAN (FNA) Iran’s nuclear program and the multi-billion dollar gas pipeline project involving three countries, including India, were among the issues that figured in talks Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki had with his Pakistani counterpart Inam-ul Haque in Islamabad on Friday.
Read More »India’s OVL-Hinduja to Invest $20 bln in Iran Exploration Assets
TEHRAN (FNA) ONGC shares gained momentum Friday on the company’s overseas arm ONGC Videsh and the UK-based Hinduja group is planning to invest close to $20 billion in exploration assets in Iran and a refinery and LNG terminal in India.
Read More »Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution: Ties with US no Beneficial to Iran
TEHRAN (FNA) Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei says Tehran may someday resume diplomatic relations with the United States, but that now is not the right time because there is no benefit for Iran.
Read More »IPI Gas Pipeline to Bring Regional States Closer
TEHRAN (FNA) Iranian Ambassador to Islamabad Mashallah Shakeri Wednesday said that Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project will not only open new avenues of cooperation, but also bring regional countries closer.
Read More »Iran, Iraq to Discuss Cleaning Waterway
TEHRAN (FNA)- Negotiations are expected to begin later this month between Iran and Iraq over the cleaning up of the strategic Arvand Roud waterway, an adviser to the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki said yesterday.
Read More »Second Round of Iran-Oman Gas Talks Due in Jan.
TEHRAN (FNA) The second round of Tehran-Muscat talks on Oman’s participation and investment in gas projects of Assaluyeh in southern Iran will be held this month.
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