Iran

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian cinema is a very famous genre in the world and has a positive effect worldwide, a prominent Syrian film director said on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran has exported some 60,000 tons of red meat during the ten months as of March 21, 2007 (start of current Iranian year 1386), Majid Ansari director of the Public Relations Department of the Agricultural Jihad Ministry announced here on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir affirmed his country’s eagerness to strengthen economic and political relations with Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s business community is launching its own campaign to counter western economic pressure on Tehran, arguing that European companies are missing big new opportunities.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said there resides no major impediment to the resumption of ties between Iran and Egypt, adding that Tehran and Cairo are determined to boost mutual cooperation.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi, senior advisor to the Iranian president, Saturday dismissed reports about a meeting between Iranian and US officials on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.

TEHRAN (FNA) – World has no way out but to accept Iran’s power, Government Spokesman Gholam Hosseini Elham said in the wake of a recent statement by the European parliament.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Presidents of Algeria, Mauritania, Mali, Zimbabwe and Namibia as well as prime minister of Lesotho voiced support for Iran’s right to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s top military commander said his forces will retaliate against American military bases in the Persian Gulf if they are involved in any possible future attack on Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA) – The absence of UK and European business with Iran will see the country’s trade orientation shift toward the East, with western products being increasingly replaced by Chinese imports, an Iranian official said.