Iran

Iran said that it has developed a new 900-kilogram (2,000-pound) smart bomb and that it will start industrial-scale production of the bomb on Sunday.

Given the successful flight of the Iran-made Azarakhsh fighter jet, the second generation of this fighter, called Saeqeh (Thunder blot) will soon start flying across the Iranian sky, Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki voiced Tehran’s preparedness to provide facilities for foreign investors willing to conduct activity in the Iranian tourism sector.

Iran is striving to find and release Imam Musa Sadr, said a member of the directing board of the Lebanese Amal movement, who took Libyan government responsible for the abduction of Sadr in 1979.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on officials to provide the required facilities and possibilities for hosting foreign tourists, saying that all the world nations are keen on visiting Iran.

An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale jolted the southern parts of the city of Garmsar in Iran’s northern province of Semnan on Saturday.

Iran’s exports to Iraq will amount to $1.8 bln in 2007, an Iranian official said.

An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale jolted Javad Abad in Tehran province on Saturday.

An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale jolted the region of Arzou’eyeh in Iran’s southeastern province of Kerman on Saturday.

Officials at Amiantit Saudi Arabia said that the company and its joint venture partner SUBOR of Turkey have won a $31.5 million contract for the supply of Flowtite Glass Reinforced Polyester (GRP) pipes for the Eyn Khosh irrigation network which is part of Dasht-e-Abbas irrigation project in Iran.