Iran

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad extended his congratulations to the Cuban government and nation on the country’s national day.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Iran welcomed comments by Iraq that it had not repudiated the 32-year-old border treaty between the two Muslim neighbors.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Borzouyeh Petrochemical Facility has exported 670,000 tons of aromatic products since March 21, 2007 fetching Iran $530 million.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s former nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani voiced his country’s readiness to cooperate with Egypt on nuclear issues if Cairo asks for help.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Sunday that it will begin operation of the country’s first nuclear power plant in the summer of 2008 using half its 1,000 megawatt capacity.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Iran’s gas imports from Turkmenistan halted since Saturday morning, a senior gas company official said here today calling on people to lower consumption to make up for the current shortage felt in an Iranian northern province.

Even though Vladimir Putin’s designated successor says few senior officials even know what demography is, changes in the number of 18-year-olds over the next few years will impose severe constraints on the Russian government and may force it to reduce the size of its armed forces.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s nuclear capability brings balance of power to the region and strengthens Muslim and Arab world against the Zionist regime of Israel, a former Lebanese minister said.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that talks and dialogue between Tehran and Washington are not the goal pursued by his country’s attendance in negotiations with the US over Iraq, “rather we accepted to attend these talks to help Iraqi nation and government”.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran closed its border with Pakistan on Saturday in view of the uncertainty in Pakistan.