Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian gas is an unavoidable source for the Nabucco pipeline project, which will supply fuel from the Caspian Sea region to Europe, Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, in an interview published Monday, said his country did not believed Israel or the United States would launch a military strike against Iran over its nuclear program.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Cost issues and sanctions that limit access to Western technology make it more beneficial for Iran to export natural gas via pipeline than by tanker after cooling it to liquid, an Iranian official said on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called on Russia to refrain from providing Iran and Syria with advanced missiles and weapons technology, and vowed to raise the issue during a visit to Moscow starting on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran will continue with uranium enrichment even if the country is promised supplies of nuclear reactor fuel, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale jolted Qeshm Island in Iran’s southern province of Hormozgan.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Bush administration has given a US think-tank the go-ahead to open an office in Iran, in what may look to be a departure from its strict policy on the Islamic Republic.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A former Iranian minister blasted President Ahmadinejad for changing the Central Bank governors so frequently.

An Iranian spokesman calls on Pakistan to work harder to fight terrorism, as it is confirmed that Jondollah has murdered Iranian hostages.

A weekend earthquake killed 58 people in Kyrgyzstan and destroyed dozens of houses in the rural south of the Central Asian nation, Kyrgyz ministry said on Monday.