Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Kuwaiti Acting Communications Minister Abdulrahman Al-Ghunaim recently received a delegation from Iran’s Telecommunications Infrastructure Company (TIC) – Tehran’s representative in a joint sea fiber cable project between Kuwait and Iran. TIC is a leading Iranian public communications infrastructure company, sources told al-Anba. The minister invited the delegation to …
Read More »Iran to Pay for Indian Tea in Euro
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has decided to pay India in euros instead of US dollars for the tea it imports from this country, Tea Board of India chief Basudeb Banerjee said after returning from a three-day visit to Iran. India exports 11-12 million kg of tea to Iran every year at …
Read More »Iran, Turkey Keen to Boost Agro Cooperation
TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkish Minister of Agriculture and Village Affairs Mehmet Mehdi Eker and Iranian Ambassador to Ankara Bahman Hosseinpour in a meeting on Thursday discussed ways to expand cooperation in agriculture and animal husbandry. At the meeting, the Iranian envoy offered to set up a joint agricultural commission to speed …
Read More »Tehran to Host 12th Int’l Market for Films and TV Programs
TEHRAN (FNA)- The 12th Iranian International Market for Films and TV Programs is scheduled to kick off work here in Tehran on January 30. The five-day market is being held on the side section of the 27th International Fajr Film Festival opening on January 31. International companies have received the …
Read More »Iranian Victims of Iraq Bombing Insured Already
TEHRAN (FNA)- Director of the Traveler Insurance Department at Alborz Insurance Company Ali-Reza Mogharab said Friday that all Iranian victims of the recent suicide bombing in Iraq, who traveled to the country officially, had insurance coverage. Mogharab said Alborz Insurance Company will pay reparations to those died or disabled in …
Read More »Gilanis Blow Karna in Mourning Ceremonies of Ashura
TEHRAN (FNA)- The tradition of playing a musical instrument called the karna has long been practiced in the northern region of Gilan Province during the month of Muharram and on the day of Ashura (the day when Imam Hossein (AS) and his seventy-two companions were martyred on 10th of Muharram). …
Read More »Iran Renews Call for Int’l Efforts to End Massacre in Gaza
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran once again reiterated the need for continued international and regional diplomatic efforts to remove the offensive and siege against Palestinians in Gaza. During the last week, over a dozen senior Iranian diplomats were dispatched to various world countries to invite them to push for the said two …
Read More »Iranian Speaker Meets Hamas Leader in Damascus
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani conferred with head of Hamas political bureau Khaled Meshaal in Damascus on Wednesday over the latest conditions in the Gaza Strip. The meeting was also attended by several high level officials from Hamas at the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital. The meeting …
Read More »Iran Calls on Japan to Help End Israeli Genocide in Gaz
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran asked Japan to play a larger role in opposing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Japanese counterpart Hirofumi Nakasone held talks by telephone at Tehran’s request, the Japanese foreign ministry said. “Foreign Minister Mottaki said Iran expects Japan to play …
Read More »Larijani, Assad Discuss Gaza
TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad held a meeting on Wednesday with visiting Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on the situation in the Gaza Strip. At the meeting, the two officials discussed “efforts and actions that must be taken by Arab and Islamic countries to stop the Israeli aggression on …
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