Middle Orient News

TEHRAN (FNA)- 20 years after the Iraqi imposed war ended, Iranian armed forces are still busy with tracing and defusing the landmines Iraqi troops planted inside Iran during the 8-year-long war.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Industries and Mines Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian here Sunday reviewed latest developments in the country’s industrial sector and elaborated on the policies to be pursued in the coming Iranian year (starting on March 20).

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s conservatives were set Sunday to win two-thirds of the seats in parliament after dominating legislative elections.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Former chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani on Saturday celebrated winning a seat in Iran’s parliament by saying he differed with the president over style not substance and that he would work with the government.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian government finally decided to provide the country’s motorists with non-rationed petrol to give them a free hand in taking family trips during the new year holidays, starting this weekend.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini dismissed any impasse over Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran oil production capacity from western fields will have an increase of 500,000 barrels per day by 2011, a senior Iranian oil company official said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The average price of Iran’s heavy crude oil rose by almost $ 38 per barrel year on year, reported the March edition of the OPEC bulletin.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian and French archeologists conduct archeogeophysic research in Pasargad to find the borders of the ancient Iranian capital.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is planning to list shares in a $90 billion energy holding company on the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX), the Middle East Economic Digest (MEED) magazine reported, citing unidentified Iranian sources.