Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran criticized Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for insulting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in support of the Zionist regime.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez announced in a televised comment that 25 Iranian-built industrial units will go on stream in Venezuela in the near future.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian filmmaker Abbas Rafei’s Sun Shines on All Equally is set to be screened at Mostra of cinema and religion in Sao Paolo.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s initiative for settlement of the Caucasus dispute is centered on regional cooperation in energy, transportation, and security, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Police in London are investigating an apparent petrol bomb attack on the Iranian embassy which caused little damage and no injuries.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Monday that the turmoil on Wall Street was rooted in part in US military intervention abroad and voiced hope that the next American administration would retreat from what he called President Bush’s “logic of force.”

TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale jolted the suburbs of the town of Salehabad in Iran’s western province of Ilam Saturday evening.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Most US residents want the White House to talk to leaders of Iran, North Korea and Cuba, a survey released Monday indicates.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Foreign ministers from the six powers are to meet Thursday in New York to discuss Iran’s nuclear issue, France said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a radio interview said the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog agency offers “the best guarantee” that Iran can enrich uranium for peaceful uses, and said the United States “should cease putting pressure” on the agency.