Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s income from oil and gas exports topped 81 billion dollars in the year to March, a 31 percent jump on the previous year thanks to soaring prices, a central bank report released on Monday said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Energy Ministry plans to build a dam and hydropower plant in Azerbaijan, an Iranian official said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul al-Mahdi conferred on Monday with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on the latest developments in Iraq, including a provocative agreement to be signed by Baghdad and Washington, which secures long-term US presence in Iraq.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Hezbollah chief Seyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday that any Israeli attack on Lebanon depended on the Iranian nuclear issue and the Israel-Syria talks.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian lawmakers have withdrawn an impeachment motion against Education Minister Alireza Ali Ahmadi who had stood accused of not doing enough to improve teachers’ pay.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran denied reports that Iranian officials are to meet with the US vice president in the wake of growing tensions between Russia and the US.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Iran’s state-run tv said that the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) plans to sue satellite channels for broadcasting the state television contents without permission.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The start-up of the first reactor at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant will be “irreversible” by February next year, a senior Russian nuclear official said Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A Kuwaiti newspaper has termed the upcoming Muscat summit of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council and the invitation extended to Iran to attend the meeting as “significant” both for the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A joint research satellite of Iran, China and Thailand was launched on a Chinese rocket yesterday aimed at boosting cooperation on natural disasters such as earthquakes, an Iranian minister said yesterday.