Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian parliament has defied government opposition to pass a bill that would raise the minimum voting age in legislative and presidential elections from 15 to 18.
Read More »Gov’t Pursues N. Rights
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini stressed the Iranian government’s resolve to defend the country’s nuclear rights within the framework of international rules and regulations.
Read More »FM Stresses Consolidation of Ties with Senegal
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a meeting with Senegal’s outgoing ambassador to Tehran here on Tuesday, stressed that consolidation of Tehran-Dakar ties is no threat to any other world country.
Read More »Iran Condoles Indonesia on Plane Crash
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini here on Tuesday extended his condolences to the Indonesian people and government as well as the bereaved families of the victims of a jetliner crash incident in that country.
Read More »Iran-Thailand Trade Exchanges Experience 57% Growth
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The Islamic Republic of Iran and Thailand experienced a growth rate of 57.85% in their trade exchanges during the first 10 months of the year 2006, Iran’s ambassador to Bangkok Mohsen Pak Ayeen said on Saturday.
Read More »Saddam’s Trial Too Short
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Chairman of Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaoddin Boroujerdi said Saddam’s trial was too short.
Read More »Punishment of Criminals should not be Misused by Wrongdoers
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Following the execution of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hossein, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman here on Saturday stressed that punishment of criminals should not turn into an excuse for wrongdoers or lead into fomentation of religious and ethnic conflicts.
Read More »Iran Grants Iraq $1 bln Loan
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran announced here on Friday that it would grant a one-billion-dollar loan to Iraq.
Read More »US Embassy Warns Beijing on Iran Gas Deal
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The Bush administration and Congress are warning that a proposed $16 billion deal between a Chinese company and Iran could trigger economic penalties under an American law aimed at starving Iran of funding for terrorism and nuclear weapons.
Read More »Iran Defense Industry Unharmed by Sanctions
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar on Friday dismissed UN sanctions imposed on Iran as “psychological warfare” and suggested they would not affect Iran’s missile production capability.
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