Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Prominent Iranian politician and former foreign minister Ali-Akbar Velayati said he would not run in the upcoming presidential elections.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s parliament will move to impeach Interior Minister Ali Kordan for “dishonesty” early November after he confessed to holding a fake Oxford University degree.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Archeological studies near the ancient city of Persepolis in the southern Iranian province of Fars have resulted in new discoveries.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The United States is putting pressure on Iraqis to accept a security pact that outlines deployment of US troops in Iraq, an influential Iranian cleric said on Friday, after Baghdad called for changes to the draft.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Farooq Naek Friday told the Senate that the government is committed to implement Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov voiced his country’s support for the idea of allowing the US troops to stay in Iraq under an extended United Nations mandate.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani lashed out on Wednesday at the security deal being negotiated between Baghdad and Washington, saying it impinged on Iraqi sovereignty.

TEHRAN (FNA)-The ongoing global financial crisis has made it truly difficult for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to sustain oil prices by cutting the output, observers say.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Parliamentary friendship groups of Iran and Bahrain signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Manama on Thursday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The US is unlikely to attack Iran in the midst of the global economic crisis, a key Iranian official said in Bahrain last night.