Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraq announced tenders for international oil companies to test two of its largest oil fields, develop a major natural gas field and build a pipeline to Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 5 degrees on the Richter scale rattled a remote region in northwestern Iran on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s ambassador to Colombo and Sri Lanka’s minister of port and aviation discussed expansion of relations and mutual cooperation in a meeting in the Sri Lankan capital.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is scheduled to pay a visit to Tajikistan at the head of a high-ranking delegation on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Despite US efforts to undermine Iran, the Islamic Republic is getting more and more powerful, an Iranian lawmaker said here on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran-Khodro Auto Manufacturing Company, the Middle-East’s largest car manufacturer, said it plans to increase annual production capacity to 1,080,000 by 2011.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran on Sunday rejected French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s comments on the necessity to build a strong deterrent against what he called as new security threats posed by Islamic states.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Switzerland has taken a firm stand on its independence after its multibillion-euro contract to buy natural gas from Iran provoked protests and threats not only from Washington but also from Zionist groups.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian deputy power minister and his visiting Yemeni counterpart in a meeting here in Tehran explored avenues for implementing an agreement held earlier by the two sides on energy cooperation.

TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 4 degrees on the Richter scale jolted the area in the vicinity of the city of Ardal in Iran’s southwestern province of Char-Mahal and Bakhtiari on Friday.