Middle Orient News

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran said on Wednesday it would only discuss its nuclear program with the UN atomic watchdog, rejecting a call by world powers to hold more talks with the EU’s foreign policy chief.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian politicians may find it tougher to reach out to voters in this month’s parliament election when campaigning started on Thursday because of a ban on posters bearing their photographs.

Iran’s First Vice-President, Parviz Davoudi and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad here on Thursday called for further expansion of bilateral cooperation.

ARBIL, Iraq – Turkish warplanes bombed villages in remote northern Iraq on Tuesday, a week after a major eight-day offensive by Turkish forces against Kurdish PKK guerrillas in the region, border officials said on Wednesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The UN Security Council has imposed a third round of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear progress but China and many more countries said on Tuesday the step would not affect their trade with the Islamic Republic.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A push by Western nations for a resolution against Iran at a UN atomic watchdog meeting has been dropped amid objections from Russia, China and developing countries, diplomats said Tuesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Tuesday called for a complete ban of all nuclear weapons through an international convention.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia plans to sell up 100 passenger jets to Iran in what would be the largest such deal ever for Russia’s aviation industry, an official said Tuesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian government may block private access to the Internet on its election day, March 14.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s oil minister said on Tuesday OPEC would consider all factors that affect the market at its meeting on Wednesday, but would not be drawn on whether he supported no output change.