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President Calls for Enhanced Activity of NAM

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed the need for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to enhance its role and activities in the international arena in a bid to give a chance to its member states to pursue global changes.

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Iranian FM Meets UAE Counterpart

Foreign ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United Arab Emirates conferred about bilateral ties in a meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York.

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Iran, Jordan Stress Expansion of Ties

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with his Jordanian counterpart Abdel-Elah Mohammad Al-Khatib on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

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Turkey to earn $600 million from Iran natural gas

ANKARA – The details of a July natural gas exploration and transportation agreement between Turkey and Iran, over US objections, are now becoming clearer. According to the agreement Iran will pay 20 percent of profits from the natural gas extracted from the South Pars Basin to Turkey in compensation for …

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Russia made Golden Koran is currently on display in Iran’s capital at an exhibition of sacred Islamic texts

Part of a Russian-made copy of the Koran, etched onto sheets of 99.9% pure gold, is currently on display in Iran’s capital at an exhibition of sacred Islamic texts. Fourteen sheets of the 162-page book were sent to Tehran for the exhibition, which started on 22 September and will run …

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Ahmadinejad Calls on UN to Observe Justice

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed the need for the United Nations and UN Security Council to observe justice when adopting different measures, expressing views and making decisions.

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