TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Excavations at the ruins of the Siraf city in Iran indicate that the first mosque in the region was built in the 9th century AD.
Read More »Iran Positive about New Talks with US over Iraq
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Iran’s envoy to Baghdad says Tehran has presented proposals on the security situation in Iraq which might pave the way for “a positive outcome” in the next round of talks with the US.
Read More »Iraqi President Retracts Criticism of 1975 Border Accord with Iran
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Iraqi President Jalal Talabani took back his earlier statement that he does not recognize the 1975 Algiers border accord with Iran, saying on Iranian state television Friday that the treaty remains valid.
Read More »Sharif says to boycott January election
Pakistani opposition leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday his party would boycott a January 8 general election because of the assassination of another opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto.
Read More »Bhutto death drives Pakistan into “uncharted waters
The assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has thrown Pakistan into one of the worst crises in its 60-year history, raising the specter of widespread civil unrest and the threat of cancelled elections.
Read More »Iranian Cleric Blasts US for Lebanon’s Political Crisis
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Tehran’s Interim Friday Prayers leader Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati slammed the US administration for sowing discord among the Lebanese, saying that the ongoing political crisis in the Middle-Eastern country was created and deteriorated by Washington.
Read More »Iran Gets 2nd Russian Fuel Shipment
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Russia has delivered a second consignment of nuclear fuel to Iran’s Bushehr power plant, the deputy head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization said on Friday.
Read More »Iran Petrochemical Projects Ready to Experience 300% Growth
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Iran’s petrochemical projects will witness a 300% growth in 10 years, with domestic petrochemical output soaring to 98 million tons at the end of 10-year plan, 2014, fetching the country US$20 bln pa.
Read More »Iranian Embassy Responds
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Following the release of an article by AFP on Iranian president’s nuclear policies, the Islamic Republic’s ambassador to Indonesia voiced protest and presented the following response.
Read More »Iran Seeks Bahrain’s Aluminum Expertise
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Iran’s aluminum industries could benefit from closer ties with Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), Iran’s foreign minister said.
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