Iran

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A senior lawmaker here on Tuesday stressed that deployment of alien troops in Iraq is the root cause of unfriendly interactions among the Iraqi people who have always conducted a peaceful life alongside one another prior to the occupation of that country.

BAGHDAD (AFP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki on Saturday threatened to “review” relations with countries which criticised the bungled execution of Saddam Hussein, saying the hanging was an internal matter.

TEHRAN (Reuters) — Iranian reformist parliamentarians on Saturday blamed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government for failing to prevent United Nations sanctions.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A senior Pakistani lawmaker voiced his country’s support for the construction of Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline, stressing that Tehran-Islamabad cordial ties will enter a new phase following the endorsement of the pipeline construction contract.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A former senior Iranian nuclear negotiator stressed the need for the two parties in Iran’s nuclear standoff to harness the present crisis.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Chinese Ambassador to Tehran underlined the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear activities, and further stressed that the Islamic Republic has always been opposed to the proliferation of nuclear arms.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Oriental Oil Kish is due to receive ownership of Fortuna and Orient drilling platforms from the Romanian company GSP, an informed source said here on Saturday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s state oil refining company is in talks with India’s Essar Group to build a new refinery in southern Iran, officials said, part of Tehran’s $18 bln-drive to meet soaring domestic fuel demand.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- IAEA chief Mohammed ElBaradei is to report on whether the UN atomic agency should cut down on aid to Iran as part of UN sanctions on Tehran’s nuclear program.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- China on Friday urged Iran to give a “serious response” to a United Nations Security Council resolution that imposed sanctions on Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment.