Iran

Substitute Friday prayers leader of Tehran Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani here on Friday called on the 8th Majlis elections campaigners to avoid backbiting and defaming their rivals.

Iran’s ambassador to Tajikistan Ali-Asghar Sherdoost said here Friday that Iran has donated 4.5 million liters of fuel, worth about five million dollars, to Tajik citizens in line with its humanitarian efforts.

Iran and Kyrgyzstan here on Friday signed a banking cooperation agreement. Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Kyrgyz Finance Minister Tazhikan Kalimbetova signed the agreement, which calls for establishment of offices of Iranian banks — initially, that of Iranian private bank, the Eqtesad Novin Bank — in Bishkek.The agreement was …

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here late Thursday that mosques are centerpieces of all divine events and a base for guidance of the Islamic society.

Britain’s Treasury on Sunday voiced its readiness to support Islamic bonds, despite the continuing debate over Islamic laws in the country.

Olefin 9 and Olefin 10 petrochemical projects will come on stream by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (Mar. 19) in Pars Special Economic Energy Zone (PSEEZ), southern Iran.

The first phase of Shahid Rajaee Port (Hormozgan Province) development plan officially came on stream on Wednesday in the presence of President Ahmadinejad and a number of officials.

Energy cooperation between Tehran and Moscow entered a new state as the CIS Electric Power Council and Iran’s Ministry of Energy signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) here Tuesday with the purpose of synchronizing electric systems.

TEHRAN (FNA) – A senior Iranian lawmaker said here Wednesday that Russia would have priority in future tenders for the construction of new nuclear power plants in the Islamic Republic.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran National Library and Archives (INLA) Director Ali-Akbar Ash’ari held talks with the director of Turkey’s state archives Yusuf Sarinay in a meeting in Istanbul on Tuesday.