Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Central Bank of Iran has given the green light for the establishment of a special fund to support domestic producers of oil industry equipment, the petroleum minister said here on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian lawmaker dismissed the possibility for the impeachment of Interior Minister Ali Kordan over his Oxford degree.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Nepalese counterpart Upendra Yadav on Tuesday urged broadening cooperation in light of the new political conditions in Kathmandu, Nepal.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered the implementation of a formerly issued directive on the withdrawal of complaints against the media and press.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Foreign assets held by Iran’s banking system surged to $129bln on the back of high oil prices according to the Central Bank of Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- 10 members of the notorious Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) were arrested in France and Switzerland last week on charges of money laundering, judicial sources said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Monday said that Germany plays a constructive role in its nuclear standoff with the West.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution underscored the need for upholding justice and making progress in the beginning of the fourth decade of the Islamic Revolution, but meantime reminded scholars to move within the framework of principles to prevent from falling into pitfalls.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is to host a two-day meeting of the trade promotion organizations of regional states from January 18, an official in Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) announced here on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The newly-appointed governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said Monday that the bank will provide the banking system with a credit of 60,000 billion rials to grant loans to incomplete projects and production units requiring capital in circulation.