Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran ranks 17 among the major 20 states with the highest numbers of Internet users, the Iranian minister of Communications and Information Technology said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday that expanding ties with African countries is one of Iran’s major diplomatic approaches.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Renowned Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi’s Children of Heaven is slated to be screened at the first annual Bridal Veil Film Festival.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is due to pay a daylong visit to Baku, the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Iran, Abbasali Hasanov said Saturday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Ecuador’s Minister of Mines and Petroleum Galo Chiriboga Zambrano on Saturday called for Iran-Ecuador petrochemical, gas and oil cooperation.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian diplomatic and military officials held talks with their Iranian and Syrian counterparts Friday, amid tensions with the West following Russia’s conflict with Georgia last month.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The International Atomic Energy Agency will present a new report on Iran’s nuclear program to its board of governors in Vienna on Monday, an IAEA official said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A United Nations envoy said on Wednesday that Iran plays a significant part in supporting Iraq’s stability and economic developments given the close ties both countries share.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Indian government has planned to set up a separate project company to generate funding for materializing the 7.4-billion-dollar pipeline project which is due to take Iran’s rich gas reserves to the energy hungry Pakistan and India.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s new ambassador to Turkey Bahman Hosseinpour Dhashtgholi, presented his credentials yesterday to Turkish President Abdullah Gul, thus upgrading the level of Tehran’s representation in Ankara from chargé d’affaires to ambassador after approximately two years.