Iran

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A senior Iranian foreign ministry official voiced strong protest against Germany for imprisoning an Iranian national for 15 years.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Egypt’s deputy foreign minister is scheduled to arrive here in Tehran Tuesday night.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Khesht in Iran’s southern province of Fars on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran aims to end gasoline rationing by March 2009 through expanding domestic production of fuel and encouraging the use of vehicles powered by natural gas, an Iranian oil official said on Monday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A senior Iranian military official here on Monday called on all peace movements, advocates of human rights and freedom as well as all those opposing war and terrorism to join Iran in a movement to take Bush to a war tribunal.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said Baseeji (volunteer) troops play a decisive role in the country’s asymmetric warfare strategies.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A senior Iranian oil ministry official said here Monday that Europe has no way out but to satisfy its energy needs by transferring Iran’s gas via Turkey’s Nabucco pipeline.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran and a team from the UN nuclear watchdog started a fresh round of talks on Monday in Tehran to remove remaining ambiguities about Tehran’s nuclear programs.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iraq’s National Security Advisor called on Persian Gulf states to form a regional security pact, which would include Iran.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The Iraqi government on Sunday said the US needed to take bolder steps to interact directly with Iran in order to improve security across the Middle East.