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TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh and Zimbabwean Minister of Energy and Power Development Michael Nyambuya here on Tuesday discussed expansion of mutual cooperation in energy sector.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Rapporteur of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Kazem Jalali said the upcoming visits to Tehran by Syrian and Iraqi presidents are not related to US’s request for Baghdad’s negotiation with Iran and Syria about its issues.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting with Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe here on Tuesday, stressed that the insatiable appetite of the hegemonic powers may not end as long as other nations continue to withdraw from their stances.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly here on Tuesday approved several bills on agreements with different countries, including two agreements with Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine on the extradition of criminals.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Islamic Consultative Assembly approved two bills pertaining to trade and air transportation agreements between Iran and Georgia.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Vice President and Head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (CHTO) Esfandyar Rahim Mashayee warned that if the United States initiates to auction Iranian ancient tablets, it will have to indemnify Iran for the losses incurred.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed that the era of cruel behavior by empires and colonialist powers has come to its end, reminding that now is the time for the movement and progress of independent nations.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Thailand’s Culture Minister Khunying Khaisi Si-arun, in a meeting with Tehran’s Ambassador to Bangkok Mohsen Pak Ayeen on Monday, welcomed development of cultural and scientific cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed that his country’s nuclear efforts will continue before it has completed operation of 60000 centrifuges, reminding that the resistance of the Iranian nation has stabilized the situation for the country.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A meeting of the IAEA’s technical cooperation committee got underway Monday in Vienna, with officials and diplomats saying that several members of the UN nuclear watchdog are pressing for putting technical assistance to Iran on ice.