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TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Rapporteur of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Kazem Jalali said that his commission is due to study extension of sanctions by the US Senate and Congress on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Company said Tehran would not extend the deadline it has specified for Japan’s Inpex Company for commencing the project for the extension of Azadegan Oil Field.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that Iran is keen on developing relations with independent European states.

Outgoing Omani Ambassador to Tehran Abdullah bin Salem bin al-Shanfari here Sunday called on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to discuss issues of mutual interest.

TEHRAN (AP) — Iran’s president said his country was determined to expand its uranium enrichment programme, announcing a plan to produce more nuclear fuel and calling allegations that Tehran was seeking nuclear weapons

BERLIN (Reuters) — European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Thursday he had failed to reach a deal with the chief Iranian negotiator on Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, but said they would hold another round of talks soon. Several Western diplomats who were briefed on Solana’s talks with Larijani …

TEHRAN — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has tightened his grip on the interior ministry by appointing his right-hand man to a key post just weeks ahead of two sets of elections, analysts said. The naming of Mojtaba Hashemi Samareh as deputy interior minister for political affairs is a tactical move …

NEGOTIATORS FOR IRAN and the European Union met Wednesday in Berlin for talks amid suggestions the US might be willing to defer seeking sanctions for a few weeks if there is a chance for a diplomatic resolution of the dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana …

The following is a transcript of remarks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.  Madam President, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Distinguished Heads of Delegation, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,  I praise the Merciful, All-Knowing and Almighty God for blessing me with another opportunity …

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday introduced Kermanshah MP Abdolreza Mesri to Majlis as his nominee for the post of minister of welfare and social security.