Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- The UN Security Council remains gridlocked over Iran’s nuclear work, as member states have failed to reach a convergent stance on the issue. The Security Council, on Wednesday, heard a report by Belgium’s ambassador to the UN, who chairs the committee overseeing the implementation of three rounds of …
Read More »Obama to Change US Policy on Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior advisor to US president-elect Barack Obama said the White House’s approach to Iran will undergo a “big change” in the future. William M. Drozdiak, who was delivering a speech in Berlin, also highlighted the important role Iran plays in the region. “Iran plays a key role …
Read More »Iran Condemns EU Court Ruling on Terrorist Group
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran Monday condemned a European Union court ruling that said the EU was wrong to freeze the funds of the anti-Iran terrorist group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO). “What we have seen is a completely political ruling which lacks any legal basis,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Qashqavi told …
Read More »Iranian Delegation to Visit Turkey Next Week
TEHRAN (FNA)- A delegation from the Iranian Parliament will visit Turkey next week, an Iranian official said. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, Chairman of the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said that a delegation from his committee would hold talks in Turkey upon an invitation by Turkish Parliamentary Committee for Foreign …
Read More »Five Wounded by Quake in Southern Iran
TTEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted Qeshm island off Iran’s southern coast on Sunday, followed by several aftershocks on Monday. The tremor struck an area around the town of Dargahan on Qeshm island, at the entrance to the Persian Gulf, injuring five people and damaging …
Read More »Iran to Build Petrochemical Plants in Malaysia
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has inked a contract to build a refinery-petrochemical complex in Malaysia. The contract was signed last Tuesday in Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur between Iran’s Hampa Engineering Corporation and a Malaysian firm. The refinery-petrochemical complex, which will manufacture gas-oil, gasoline, jet fuel, liquefied natural gas(LNG) and petrochemical …
Read More »Iran Dismisses US Call for Halting Uranium Enrichment
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Monday rejected US President-elect Barack Obama’s latest call for a “carrot and stick” policy in dealing with Tehran’s nuclear issue and reiterated its unbent will to continue the nuclear work. “The carrot and stick policy has proven to be useless. It is an unacceptable policy that …
Read More »Envoy Rejects Bush’s Allegations against Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s representative at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) rejected US President’s repeated allegations that Iran’s nuclear program has military purposes. Ali Asghar Soltaniyeh reiterated the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program, and said, “The nuclear project is no threat to any other country.” He said Iran’s program …
Read More »Iran Building 7 Refineries
TEHRAN (FNA)- Some seven refineries are being constructed across the country at a cost of dlrs 27 billion. “After the inauguration of these seven refineries, the production capacity of the country in gasoline and gas-oil will increase by 190 and 180 million liters per day respectively,” Head of National Iranian …
Read More »IAEA Head Terms Efforts against Iran Failure
TEHRAN (FNA)- The chief of the world’s nuclear watchdog organization considers five years of US and international efforts to rein in Iran’s nuclear progress a failure, as Tehran moves ever closer to fully mastering nuclear technology. The United Nations Security Council has imposed three sets of sanctions to try to …
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