TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi said culture and cultural relations could serve as the best possible means to expand Iran-Egypt ties.
Read More »Iran’s Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel Views Western Powers as Antichrist
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Iran’s Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said measures and actions of the western powers are against the teachings and aspirations of the holy Jesus Christ, stressing that western powers stand against the Christ as they are a symbol of war and animosity.
Read More »Iran, UAE Have yet to Agree on Gas Deal
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) head Monday said if Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reached an agreement, his country would for the first time export over 540 million cubic feet of gas per day to an Islamic neighboring state.
Read More »Iran Jails Four Former Officials for Corruption
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Four former Iranian officials, including one who held a key Oil Ministry position and an ex-customs director, have been jailed for up to five years for taking bribes and embezzlement, the judiciary said on Tuesday.
Read More »Bushehr Power Plant to Be Fully Active in one Year
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran expects its first nuclear power plant will produce electricity at full capacity in around a year after passing a “critical stage” with the delivery of fuel from Russia, a top official said.
Read More »Envoy: Iran Increases Monthly Quota to Control Black Market
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran has increased the monthly gasoline quota for private drivers to 120 liters from 100 liters from Saturday in a bid to end scarcity and check black marketeering, Iran’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Hamid Reza Asefi said yesterday.
Read More »Iran, Pakistan yet to Confirm Participation in Naval Conclave
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran and Pakistan with their navies positioned in the Indian ocean rim are yet to give their nod for participation in Indian Navy’s novel initiative to host a regional interactive conclave in February next year.
Read More »Uganda: Front Page Microfinance to Get Iran Funding
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Front Page Microfinance, a local limited cooperative savings and Credit Society will receive a $1m (Shs1.73bn) development boost from the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI).
Read More »Top Republican Candidate Wants Dialog with Iran
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Ten days before the start of the primaries, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is a hot item. He is leading the polls among Republican candidates in Iowa – the first state to cast its votes – and is increasingly gaining in the state that will follow, …
Read More »Iran Mulls Tenders for N. Power Plants
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran intends to issue an international tender for the construction of 19 nuclear power plants.
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