Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior government officials from Iran and Nigeria Tuesday opened the two countries’ third joint economic commission meeting in the Nigerian capital Abuja in an effort to bolster mutual ties and cooperation.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkish National Education Minister Huseyin Celik arrived in Tehran on Tuesday to discuss bolstering of educational and cultural relations between the two countries.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday it has boosted spending to promote the Muslim holy book the Koran and revive revolutionary ideals in Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Italian WTD Company and Pars Petrochemical Company signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a desalination system unit in Pars Special Economic Energy Zone.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The reformist National Trust Party has officially nominated party leader Mehdi Karroubi as its candidate for Iran’s next presidential race.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A team of archeologists has recently begun salvage excavation at a 3000-year-old cemetery in the ancient site of Tahluj near the village of Mirar-Kola in northern Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian capital has mounted an International Exhibition of Flowers and Plants, the largest event of its kind in the Middle East.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A team of Italian experts is to conduct a restoration project at the tomb of Cyrus the Great in Pasargadae in Iran’s Fars Province.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s oil minister said on Monday he expected OPEC to work on preventing the falling trend in crude prices and also to study oversupply in the market when it meets in September.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has launched bid inviting companies to take part in tender for the Islamic Republic’s third mobile operator.