Iran

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a letter to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon demanded that the UN Security Council end “illegal verification” of Tehran’s nuclear case.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale jolted the district of Halshi in Iran’s western province of Kermanshah on Saturday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A four day Iran trade fair in the Turkmenistan capital, Ashgabat was organized with the aim to strengthen trade relationship between both the countries.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Tehran’s Provisional Friday Prayers leader Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani called on western countries to avoid use force and threats against the Islamic Republic, warning that such an option would deteriorate conditions for the West.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Industries and Mines Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian left Tehran Friday morning for Egypt to attend an inauguration ceremony marking the official launch of operation of the assembly line of Iranian Peugeot Pars passenger car in the African country.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said late on Thursday nothing would deflect the Islamic Republic from its pursuit of nuclear technology.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The Sri Lankan Government was able to secure seven months credit facility to import crude oil from Iran following President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s State visit to Tehran, a senior official said in Colombo on Thursday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to attend the upcoming summit of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) slated for Dec. 3-4 in Qatar’s capital Doha.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana are to continue Tehran-West nuclear talks in a meeting in London on Friday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran announced on Wednesday that its first domestically built destroyer, the Jamaran, as well as its first domestically built Ghadir class submarine launched operation.