Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here on Sunday the US has been pursuing a failed policy in the Middle East region.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian parliament set new strict limits for people wishing to run for president in the country’s upcoming presidential election.

KABUL (AFP) – A Canadian journalist freed after nearly a month in captivity was kept in a well near Kabul, Afghanistan’s intelligence agency said Sunday, adding three men had been arrested.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Alireza Salari Thursday stressed the need for Iran and Cuba to increase economic and trade exchanges.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran plans to open around 50 compressed natural gas stations with plans to expand to surrounding cities by March 2009, an official said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A railroad connecting Iran and Armenia will cost at least $1bln, said Vladimir Yakunin, head of Russian Railways (RZD) which operates the Armenian railway network.

TEHRAN (FNA)- EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana in his response letter to Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili asked for continuation of talks with Iran, the Secretariat of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) announced here on Friday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Islamic Consultative Assembly will examine a proposal to reduce the number of official holidays in the country, a senior Iranian lawmaker said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Fourth International Kuwaiti Carpet Exhibition titled ‘Kuwait Antique and Carpet’ was inaugurated on November 6, by Ali Jannati, Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait, at the Kuwait International Fairs Ground.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Four Iranian nationals who were arrested three years ago in Iraq by US forces have been released and have returned to Iran, an official at Iran’s consulate in Iraq’s northeastern city of Sulaimaniyah said.