Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani sent a message of good wishes to the ailing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and prayed for speedy recovery of his health.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Bush administration has sent a formal request to Iran to establish a US interests section in Tehran, White House official said.

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.