Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- British archeologists are excavating Iran’s Sialk Mound in a bid to find the origins of agricultural societies during the Neolithic Period.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Turkey will seek initiatives on Monday against the outlawed separatist PKK and its breakaway faction PEJAK during the 12th Iran-Turkey High Security Commission meeting in Ankara.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission summoned ministers of intelligence, foreign affairs and interior.

According to reports from Shiraz, a bomb blast at a Hosseiniyeh (a religious center) in a central Shiraz district wounded dozens of worshipers, some very critically.

TEHRAN (FNA)- India is likely to help Iran in modernization and expansion of its rail network.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Europe’s hunger for natural gas and its lack of reliable suppliers is leading several countries to court Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s costly gasoline imports should end in 2012 when refinery upgrades will make the nation an exporter of the motor fuel, an energy consultant said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Oil giant Total said the French company cannot afford to lose deals with Iran as it is one of the largest oil producers in the world.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian ambassador to Beirut Mohammad Reza Sheibani on Wednesday expressed Iran’s support for Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri’s calls for dialogue between Lebanon’s political factions to resolve the country’s political crisis.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian nuclear official said that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear activities will never come to a halt.