Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najar said Monday that the country has begun a submarine production line to equip its army for protecting the important oil shipping route of the Strait of Hormuz on the Persian Gulf.

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (ISNA)-Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday that “extremism” in the region is the source of problems.Iran foreign minister’s remarks came at a meeting with the outgoing Pakistani ambassador Shafeqat Saeed.

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (ISNA)-Iran appreciates Sudan’s prudent efforts in Darfur issue, said Iran’s foreign minister.As new Sudanese ambassador Suleiman Abdul Tavvab presented his credentials Manouchehr Mottaki said that Iran is ready to aid Sudan with Darfur and Chad issues.

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (ISNA)-The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is expected to take measures to prevent the falling trend of oil prices in the global market.

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (ISNA)-Iran’s president in a message expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives in Kyrgyzstan air accident in which 42 Iranian nationals died.

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (ISNA)-Tehran is to host the 7th international birds and domesticated animals’ fair aiming at representing the latest achievements on the industry.

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (ISNA)-Ali Akbar Alizadeh, an Iranian theater director is to show his “Three Points” in the International Performing Art Festival of High Fest in Armenia.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Israel will be targeted by thousands of rockets if it attacks Iran, a senior official in the Lebanese Hezbollah group said on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is likely to cut crude exports to some global buyers in a bid to increase sales to China and India, an Iranian oil official said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei urged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to plan on keeping the top job for a second four-year term but called on him to keep better control of inflation.