Iran

Iran a Determining Actor in West Asia

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- As the biggest owner of gas reserves in west Asia, Iran has a crucially important role and position in the said region, a senior Iranian oil ministry official said during Iran-Pakistan-India talks on the gas pipeline project here on Wednesday.

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Germany Recognizes Iran’s Right to Use N. Energy

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Chairman of the German parliament’s Green Party Fraction here on Tuesday stressed Iran’s right to use civilian nuclear technology, and underlined the need for solving Iran’s nuclear issue through talks.

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Deputy Economy Minister to Replace Iran’s UN Envoy

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations Organization Mohammad Javad Zarif will be replaced by deputy economy and finance minister and head of investment organization Mohammad Khaza’ee, an informed source said here on Wednesday.

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Romanian Ambassador Meets Iranian FM

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Romania’s incoming Ambassador to Tehran Christian Teodorescu met with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and submitted to him his credentials here on Tuesday.

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Iran Reiterates Cooperation with IAEA despite Curbs

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran stressed on Tuesday that his country was still cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency despite announcing a day earlier that it had banned 38 of the UN watchdog’s inspectors from working in the country.

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Calm returns to Lebanon after deadly protests

BEIRUT (AFP) — Calm returned to Lebanon as roads were cleared and Beirut airport reopened on Wednesday after the opposition called off a general strike that sparked deadly street fights ahead of a donor conference in Paris.

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US Eisenhower Leaves Persian Gulf

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- US navy aircraft carrier Eisenhower left the Persian Gulf for the eastern coasts of Oman a few days ago, an informed source in the Iranian armed forces said here on Tuesday.

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Iran Successfully Test-Fires Short-Range Missiles

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Missile units of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRCG) successfully test-fired short-range missiles and ‘Fateh’ rockets in Garmsar region, 100 kilometers east of Tehran on Tuesday.

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