Iran

Acclaimed Iranian director Majid Majidi was in India to launch his first Indo-Iranian joint venture. He directed Academy-nominated best foreign film ‘Children of Heaven’ and will be shooting extensively in India for his new film which will have an entire Indian cast.

Pakistan and Iran have finalized a contract for a gas export deal scheduled to be signed within a month.

First Vice-President Parviz Davoudi called on Iranian and Malaysian officials to utilize the existing potentials and possibilities to further expand ties between the two countries.

Iranian Science Minister Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi met with his Togolese counterpart Fidel Nouboukpo here in Tehran on Saturday.

Commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said that despite enemies’ threats and plots, the Islamic Iran enjoys security and tranquility.

Iranian and Pakistani presidents are expected to sign by next month the final contract on a $7.4 bln pipeline project which would take Iran’s gas to Pakistan and India, a senior Iranian oil ministry official said here on Saturday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to pay a daylong visit to Bahrain following his participation in the upcoming summit of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Saudi Arabia next week.

Vice-speaker of Thailand’s parliament stressed the need for Asian governments to consolidate ties and strengthen peace and friendship in the continent.

Iran’s Ambassador to Mexico Mohammad Hassan Ghadiri Abyaneh warned the United States against an invasion of the Islamic Republic, saying that in case of such aggression, US troops will have to go back home in caskets.

Substitute Friday prayers leader of Tehran Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said on Friday that production of nuclear bomb is religiously forbidden.