Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned Thursday that military action against Iran would be “a real disaster” and the Middle East could explode if the international community does not handle the many conflicts in the region very carefully.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Managing director of Iran LNG Company reported that Tehran has signed its largest natural gas liquefaction contract valued at 700 million Euros.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday warned that any military means to solve Iran’s nuclear issue would have a “disastrous” effect.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Republican presidential candidate John McCain touts his foreign policy expertise at every turn, but he has given Democrats ammunition against his experience by wrongly saying Iran trains Al-Qaeda members.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said Thursday that Iran will approach the world through both wisdom and resistance in the new (Iranian) year.

TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 4.1 degrees on the Richter scale jolted south of Shahreza city, 80 kilometers south of Isfahan on Wednesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The state-run Iranian Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (IPEDC) and the National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) have signed a contract for drilling 12 wells in the massive Kish gas field.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran reported it will sign a final agreement to export natural gas via pipeline to Pakistan in April.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The outcome of the regular parliament elections in Iran will not affect the foreign policy of the government, regarding the nuclear plans, a political analyst said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s budget for the new Iranian year, which starts on 21 March, will be 20 per cent bigger than last year, at $304bn compared with $253bn.