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Visiting Iraqi Defense Minister Lieutenant General Abdul Qadir Mohammed Jassim Obeidi conferred on Sunday with his Iranian counterpart Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar on expansion of defense cooperation between the two countries.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that he hopes the Iraqi government, by relying on the prudence of its government and unity among its ethnic leaders and political wings, will successfully overcome the present sensitive situation.

Tel Aviv threatens to attack Iran if that country keeps developing nuclear weapons. This statement was made by one of the deputies of the Zionist leader Ehud Olmert, Shaul Mofaz, who is one of the most likely candidates to the post of the head of the government in case Olmert …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar warned of any Israeli attempt to carry out strike on Iran stressing that “Our response will have no time or geographical limit.”

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alireza Sheikh Attar is slated to pay a visit to Azerbaijan on June 4.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is constructing seven refineries in an effort to boost its crude and gas refining capacity by more than 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd), a senior oil official said Saturday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Cement production capacity has increased to 53 mln tons annually with the inauguration of the third production line of Sepahan Cement Factory in Isfahan, said Industries and Mines Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran on Sunday confirmed the visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to attend the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) summit in Rome next week.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Saturday resumed supplying natural gas to Turkey five days after an explosion by a terrorist group in the Dogubeyazit town of Agri in eastern Turkey damaged a pipeline between the two countries.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran will not give up its right to enrich uranium, a senior Iranian official said on Saturday, days before major powers submit an upgraded package of incentives in an effort to incite Tehran to give up its right of uranium enrichment.