Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to build a Persian Pipeline for shipping its natural gas to Europe that would be independent of the EU-backed Nabucco project, a senior Iranian official said on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian officials embarked on an intense lobbying campaign to gather enough support to gain a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The financial crisis is the result of “mistakes” by the United States and shows the limits of Washington’s power to influence world events, Iran’s parliament speaker said Tuesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran is ready to resume talks with Washington on security problems in Iraq, a spokesman for the Iranian embassy in Baghdad said Tuesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A top adviser to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran would hold talks with the United States only if its forces leave the Middle East and Washington ends its support for Israel.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s former President Seyed Mohammad Khatami is hosting several former Western leaders at a conference in Tehran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki proposed that a large oil pipeline be constructed to transport Caspian countries’ oil to the Persian Gulf.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Islamic Countries Inter-Parliamentary Union (ICIPU) in a meeting Monday in Geneva on the sidelines of IPU Conference in its closing communiqué voiced support for Iran’s bid for UN Security Council membership.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A top Iranian nuclear official said on Tuesday that Tehran was satisfied with the ongoing construction of the Islamic Republic’s first nuclear power plant, currently being built by Russia in the south of Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is to scrap a number of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in order to expand its capacity to export gas by pipeline.