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Iran Calls for Immediate Release of Diplomats

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran on Sunday called on the US troops to release the five Iranian diplomats who have been kidnapped during an earlier raid by the US forces on the Islamic Republic’s consulate general in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil.

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Iran, Venezuela Call for Slashing OPEC Production

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran and Venezuela called on the other members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to slash their production in a bid to prevent any further drop in the world oil prices.

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MP Calls on UN to React to US

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission called on the United Nations to take urgent and serious measures with regard to the United States’ illegal actions in Iraq.

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Iraqi FM calls for release of 5 Iranians detained by US

The Iraqi foreign minister called Sunday for the release of five Iranians detained by US forces in what he said was a legitimate mission in northern Iraq, but he stressed that foreign intervention to help insurgents would not be tolerated.

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