Middle Orient News

TEHRAN (FNA)- US presidential hopeful Barrack Obama backed off from his earlier pledge to talk with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

TEHRAN (FNA)- There is no need for OPEC to raise oil output as supply is already above demand, Iran’s new OPEC governor said on Thursday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Top Shiite cleric Seyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah said Iran has played a “positive” role to help resolve Lebanon’s political crisis.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian government proposed the creation of an international consortium to enrich uranium on its own soil as a way of defusing the tense standoff with the West over its nuclear program.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Judiciary chief said Iran’s armed forces are the exemplary model of Islamic resistance in the face of hostile acts by hegemonic powers.

GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli troops killed five Palestinian militants on Friday during raids into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, medical workers and a militant group said.

BEIJING (Reuters) – New Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrives in Beijing on Friday, offering energy deals and military cooperation but seeking pledges of solidarity with resurgent China at a time when ties with the West are strained.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran, OPEC’s second-largest oil producer, is using 20 tankers to collect and store crude, the vessel-tracking service PetroLogistics Ltd said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Fehmida Mirza held talks on Sunday with Iran’s Guardians Council Chairman Ahmad Jannati on bilateral relations, regional security, and West’s misperceptions about Islam.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Ankara is set to take up a role in easing the process of talks between the world powers and Tehran over Iran’s nuclear issue, a source in the Turkish foreign ministry said.