Middle Orient

ANKARA – Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul has postponed a planned trip to Africa this week due to a major Turkish ground offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels in northern Iraq, the state Anatolian news agency said on Monday.

SAMARRA, Iraq – A suicide bomber in a wheelchair killed a top policeman and wounded two others when he blew himself up in the police operations centre in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Monday, police said.

BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb blast targeting Iraqis on a pilgrimage to a Shi’ite festival killed three people and wounded 15 on Monday, police said, the day after a suicide bombing also aimed at pilgrims left 40 dead.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Judiciary Spokesman Ali Reza Jamshidi paid a 2.5-hour-long visit to Fars News Agency on Sunday, where he praised FNA for its sincere and tireless efforts to cover stories and inform the public of the existing realities and breaking news.

TEHRAN (FNA) – The third Green Development Festival encouraging sustainable and environment-friendly development kicked off work here in Tehran on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA) – A new UN Security Council resolution imposing sanctions against Iran over its nuclear drive will receive a “deserving” response from Tehran, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini said on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Anchors of the Islamic Republic convened in an Expediency Council meeting here on Sunday to review the latest strategies of the country.

TEHRAN (FNA) – As the freezing winter passes by the long thin legs continue to enjoy their sojourn in their oasis in northern Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Following success in the construction of the long-waited Resallat Tunnel, an east-west short cut which reduced pollution and traffic jams in the capital to a remarkable degree, municipality is now working on a second hi-tech tunnel in western Tehran to reduce a 45-minute drive to only 3 …

TEHRAN (FNA) – Thousands of Iranians poured to the streets to celebrate the country’s victory in the nuclear standoff with the West after a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei vindicated peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear drive.