Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran said that a high-profile gas export conference in Tehran sponsored in part by two of Europe’s largest energy companies proved that the US pressures were ineffective in preventing the country from developing its vast oil and gas resources.

TEHRAN (FNA)- US-Indian nuclear agreement violates the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, an Iranian nuclear official said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A new national newspaper, the “Khorshid” or “Sun”, hit the newsstands on Saturday, published by an aide to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Bush administration is still considering setting up a diplomatic outpost in Iran, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said any price lower than 100 dollars for a barrel of crude oil is “unsuitable” for both producers and consumers.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s second international gas conference opened in Tehran today.The 2-day gathering, which is said to have some 100 foreign participants, will be addressed by Iran’s oil minister Gholam Hossein Nozari and senior managers of the country’s petroleum industry.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian government has agreed to extend the credit facility for Sri Lanka to meet its crude oil requirements for another three months at a concessionary interest rate.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran hopes that Azerbaijan and Armenia will express their opinion soon about Iran’s proposals on mediation in the resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, a senior Iranian diplomat said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The incoming president of the UN Security Council said that competition between Iran and Japan for a UNSC seat should not lead to a vote.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Among the more daring recommendations in a new report by the Pakistan Policy Working Group, a bipartisan group of American experts on US-Pakistan relations, is that the United States should eventually reconsider its opposition to a proposed Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline project.