Iran News

It is possible that five words have been added to our knowledge of the ancient Persian language by the recent discovery of a stone inscription on Khark Island in the Persian Gulf.

A meeting between Iran’s deputy nuclear negotiator and a top aide of EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana has been postponed.

Iran was cutting its urea imports and would turn into an exporter in 2008, vowed a National Petrochemical Company (NPC) official yesterday.

President George W. Bush issued formal invitations on Tuesday to the Middle East peace conference in Annapolis next week, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. The November 27 conference in

A majority of Iranians will participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections, results of a recent opinion poll suggested.

Norway’s foreign minister voiced pleasure in Iran’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and stressed the need for the two sides to continue the present course of interaction.

Visiting Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki here on Tuesday described the two countries’ continued consultations about bilateral ties and regional issues as “constructive and fruitful”.

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani stressed that the world of Islam should have a permanent seat at the UN Security Council.

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Ghaleh Tal in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan on Tuesday.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel met with his Syrian counterpart on the sidelines of the second General Assembly meeting of the Asian Parliaments Assembly (APA) here in Tehran on Tuesday.