Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Kish Island off the Iranian coasts in the Persian Gulf is one of the Middle East’s most popular tourist destinations. The free trade zone draws one-and-a-half million visitors each year to its shopping centers, resort hotels, beaches and festivals.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Two award-winning feature-length Iranian films are scheduled to be screened at international film festivals in Europe and Africa.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia’s nuclear power chief cancelled a Sunday visit to Tehran that was planned to prepare the nuclear fuel operation of the joint Bushehr power plant in southern Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s oil minister suggested on Sunday crude at $100 a barrel was the lowest appropriate level but said factors like the approaching cold season would push up demand and prices.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior military commander warned on Saturday that any attack on Iran would start a new world war.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran broke ground Thursday on the construction of its 150,000 barrel a day Anahita refinery in western Kermanshah province, the Oil Ministry said Saturday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Bolivian President Evo Morales praised Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s philosophy of Islamic socialism on Saturday, the start of a two-day visit which is expected to focus on increased energy cooperation.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Azerbaijan started to export its oil to the world’s markets through Iran last week, adding that the country is delivering 5,000 to 10,000 bpd of crude oil to Iran’s Caspian port of Neka, an Iranian oil ministry official said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Four people have died of cholera and another 100 are infected by an outbreak of the disease in Iran, a top health official said Saturday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Oil Minister Gholam Hussein Nozari is scheduled to pay a visit to Oman during next days to hold talks on Oman’s investment in developing Iran’s Kish gas field, Iran’s gas export to the country and bilateral cooperation on Oman’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry.