Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Saeed Jalili, in a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Muwafaq Al-Rubaie here in Tehran on Tuesday, called for coordinated efforts by regional countries to develop joint security infrastructures. “Ways and means required for enhancing and consolidating high level joint security …
Read More »Iranian Official Terms Gaza Good Test for Obama
TEHRAN (FNA)- The issue of Palestine and Gaza is a proper test for Obama, Iranian Supreme Leader’s representative at the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Hassan Rouhani said here on Tuesday. “We should see what Obama does when declaring his policies and taking action. I think there is a test …
Read More »Solana Declares EU Readiness to Monitor Gaza Ceasefire
TEHRAN (FNA)- EU is ready to monitor implementation of ceasefire in Gaza, EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana said in a meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari. At the meeting held in Brussels on Monday, the two diplomats discussed Gaza, Afghanistan, Caucasia and the Central Asia and other …
Read More »Iran Lauds Independent Countries’ Support for Gaza
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in separate letters to independent heads of state, praised them for boycotting Israel and supporting the oppressed people in Gaza. The Iranian president called cut of commercial and political ties with Israel a “revolutionary and valuable stance”. Ahmadinejad in his letters expressed his confidence …
Read More »S. Arabia Praises Iran’s Continued Support for Oppressed Nations
TEHRAN (FNA)- Saudi Health Minister Hamad Al-Manea, in a meeting with Iran’s Ambassador to Riyadh Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, described Iran as a permanent supporter of oppressed nations. “Iran always assists the oppressed nations around the globe,” the minister said on Monday. “Iran as a powerful nation within the Islamic world …
Read More »Iran Ready to Transfer Military Experience to Tanzania
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar voiced Tehran’s preparedness to transfer military technology to Tanzania. Najjar and his Tanzanian counterpart Hussein Ali Mwinyi, in their first round of negotiations, stressed on bilateral defense relations, a statement by the defense ministry said. Najjar welcomed expanding of all-out …
Read More »Iraq Reiterates Expulsion of MKO
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi National Security Adviser Muwafaq Al-Rubaie here in Tehran on Monday underlined his country’s decisiveness to implement an earlier decision for closing the headquarters of the anti-Iran terrorist group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), in Diyala province. “Iraq has made a decision for Ashraf camp and will implement …
Read More »Iran to Privatize Telecommunication Co. in Months
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian government confirmed that it plans to sell a 50% stake in the state-controlled Telecommunication Co of Iran (TCI) in March – which marks the end of the Iranian year. Based on earlier statements, any foreign bidder would be limited to a 35% stake and would have …
Read More »Iran to Slash Oil Supplies to 21 Customers
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has informed 21 Asian and European customers that it will reduce oil sales to them. “Twenty-one Asian and European companies have been told that there will be a cut in part of their oil intake level proportionate to their contracts,” Iran’s representative to the Organization of the …
Read More »Iran, Serbia to Enhance Parliamentary Relations
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian and Serbian officials met in Belgrade earlier this week in a bid to improve ties between the two countries’ parliaments. At the meeting between Serbian Parliament Speaker Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic and Iranian Ambassador to Serbia Seyed Morteza Mir Heydari, the two sides discussed promotion of bilateral parliamentary cooperation. …
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