Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has called for Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras to become more active in its oil sector.

Azerbaijan and Armenia accused each other on Wednesday of triggering an exchange of gunfire in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh that killed up to 16 people, one of the biggest such clashes in several years.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Foreign clerics residing in Iran congregated in front of Denmark’s embassy in Tehran on Thursday to voice strong protest against repeated release of cartoons in Danish press insulting Islamic values and Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).

TEHRAN (FNA)- This Friday Iranians are expected to stage a massive turnout in parliamentary elections seen as a message to the West.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran will sign a final agreement to export gas via pipeline to Pakistan in April, officials said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on Tuesday lauded Iran’s positive role in the development of his country.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Qatar’s Energy Minister Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah warned Wednesday that crude oil prices could reach 300 dollars per barrel or more if the United States were to attack Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian state oil company and Vietnamese oil group Petrovietnam signed a $115 million deal for the exploration of Iran’s southwestern Dana oilfield near Iraq.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has made an offer to Iranian metallurgical company of Esfahan on the purchase of a controlling stake in it, Chairman of the Russian steel company’s Board of Directors Viktor Rasnikov told journalists Thursday.

MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Hundreds of students burnt tires and blocked roads in the eastern Pakistani city of Multan on Wednesday in protest at the reprinting in Danish newspapers of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad last month.