Iran

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived on a lightning visit to Iran on Monday, the latest evidence of the burgeoning ties between the two states.

Kosovo Albanians who fought Serbia for independence eight years ago seem disillusioned as their dream nears fulfillment and the reality sinks in that prosperity is going to take years of work.

Iranian president and Indonesian vice-president discussed bilateral relations and exchanged views about the oil policies of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) member states in a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday.

Iran’s ambassador to Tirana conferred with Albania’s Central Bank governor about expansion of mutual cooperation and promotion of banking relations.

Bolivian President Juan Evo Morales Ayma stressed his country’s need to industry, capital investment and production, saying that La Paz relies very much on Iran’s aids in the said grounds.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel said he is slated to pay an official visit to Baku next week.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sunday extended his congratulations to Girma Woldegiorgis and the Ethiopian nation and government on his election as the country’s president.

Iran has the capacity to meet a major part of Asian and European markets’ natural gas need and is prepared to export the commodity to Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates, said the Iranian deputy oil minister on Saturday.

The breakaway province of Kosovo holds its third postwar parliamentary election on Saturday, ahead of showdown with Serbia over the ethnic Albanian majority’s demand for independence.

The breakaway province of Kosovo holds its third postwar parliamentary election on Saturday, ahead of a showdown with Serbia over the ethnic Albanian majority’s demand for independence.