Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran warned on Monday that it would give the most crushing response to the minimum threats by Israel.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran expects to finalize by March next year a $7 billion deal with a European firm on developing the offshore Lavan natural gas field in the Persian Gulf, an Iranian official said in comments published on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Former Iranian President Seyed Mohammed Khatami announced on Monday the creation of a new satellite TV network.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian government has drawn up plans to abolish costly subsidies on fuel and water prices but will compensate people with cash payments.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) is looking to acquire a stake in Iran’s national phone operator, the Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI).

TEHRAN (FNA)- Venezuela’s Minister of Light Industries and Trade William Contreras held a meeting Monday with a delegation from Iran’s Cooperatives Ministry.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun on Monday said the outcome of his recent visit to Iran would emerge in six months.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that the Armed Forces are the stronghold of the Islamic Republic.

TEHRAN (FNA)- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the United States is prepared to negotiate with Iran over its nuclear program.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Kazakh Transport and Communication Minister Serik Akhmetov signed a cooperation protocol at the end of the 10th meeting of the Kazakh-Iranian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic, science and technical and cultural cooperation.