TEHRAN (FNA)- Two OPEC oil ministers have dismissed calls for an emergency meeting before September, dampening hopes that members of the cartel will follow Saudi Arabia’s lead and increase production.
Read More »Visa-Free Iran Trips for D-8 Citizens
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian authorities lifted the need for visa for the citizens of D-8 member states who want to visit Iran for tourism stays.
Read More »Attack on Iranian Diplomats in Baghdad Outrageous
TEHRAN (FNA)- The top UN official in Iraq has condemned last week’s gun attack against Iranian diplomats based in Baghdad that has left four people wounded, including two diplomats.
Read More »US Fears Islamic Nations’ Progress
TEHRAN (FNA)- The US opposition to Iran’s peaceful nuclear program stems from the fact that it is afraid of Muslims’ progress and well-being, deputy foreign minister Ali Reza Sheikh Attar said.
Read More »Iran-Kuwait Investment Gets Legal Boost
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian government recently approved a new law pertaining to Iran and Kuwait that is designed to promote mutual investment.
Read More »Better Indo-Iran Ties will Foster Exchange of Art, Culture
TEHRAN (FNA)- He was not aware of the intricacies involved in the gas pipeline Iranian officials were in India to talk about. But, for 64-year-old Fathollah Abbasi, an artist, a pipeline that would open up exchange of art and culture was something necessary.
Read More »U.S. says will speed up military help to Lebanon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to speed up assistance to Lebanon’s army but has no plans as yet to increase current military aid to deal with the latest crisis, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.
Read More »Lebanon set to cancel anti-Hezbollah measures
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s cabinet is likely to cancel measures on Wednesday that angered the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement and triggered the worst internal conflict since the country’s civil war, political sources said.
Read More »Iraq PM in Mosul for offensive against al Qaeda
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki flew to the northern city of Mosul on Wednesday to oversee a big offensive against al Qaeda in what the U.S. military says is the group’s last major urban stronghold in Iraq.
Read More »Hezbollah deals more damage to Bush’s credibility
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah’s humbling of Lebanon’s U.S.-backed government has dealt a further blow to American credibility in the region less than a year after Hamas Islamists seized Gaza from Palestinian leaders supported by Washington.
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