Iran

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Deputy Interior Minister Hojjatollah Ayoubi said on Sunday that the current status of Iranian women and their significant advancement in the country has made them a good model for countries in the region.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei pardoned a large number of prisoners as Iran celebrates the 29th anniversary of its Islamic Revolution.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranians in Tehran and various other cities staged massive rallies to mark the 29th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA) – South Korea will deliver 16 oil tankers to Iran in 2008, while the time for delivery of domestically built tankers is not certain.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon was warmly received by his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a welcome ceremony here in Tehran on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran and Tajikistan on Sunday signed a protocol on defense cooperation.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon here Sunday voiced pleasure with the desirable prospects awaiting Tehran-Dushanbe relations.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will certainly take a trip to Iraq by the end of this (Iranian) year, foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian and Tajik foreign ministers in a meeting here on Sunday underlined the need for the two countries to expand ties and boost cooperation in fighting terrorism.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Scientists at the stem cell department of Iran’s Royan Research Center have successfully produced a mouse using embryonic stem cells.