Iran

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hoseini said the 5+1 choice of dealing with Iran’s nuclear issue via the UN Security Council is inappropriate and delays attainment of mutual understanding and agreement by the two sides.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Thousands of Iranians, including university and school students, chanted anti-US and anti-Israel slogans to celebrate the 27th anniversary of the US embassy takeover by a group of university students in 1979.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Saturday stressed that Moscow will not bargain at the UN Security Council over its construction of Iran’s first nuclear power station at Bushehr.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran test fired three newly improved missiles on Friday bringing the whole Persian Gulf region within the range of the Islamic Republic’s weaponry.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hoseini stressed that Iran may not come short of its legal rights and national interests, but meantime reminded Tehran’s preparedness to attend talks.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Bulgarian Economic and Energy Minister officially called for the transit of Iran’s gas to his country and other EU states via Iran-Azerbaijan pipeline.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An Iranian official said that once the natural gas liquefaction project by Pars LNG Company turns operational, a sum of 35 million tons of natural gas will be exported from Iran.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov criticized European powers’ approach to Iran’s nuclear program in talks with top EU officials that were supposed to prepare a summit on closer EU-Russia relations.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Sharp differences have emerged between the five permanent members of the UN Security Council over the sanctions to be imposed on Iran for its failure to suspend uranium enrichment with the European draft coming under fire from Russia, which wants to soften it.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Member of a US delegation called ‘Messengers of Peace’ believe that the US joint maneuvers in the Persian Gulf waters proved to be an unimportant show.