Middle Orient

TEHRAN (FNA)- In a letter to the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Iran has urged global support for the rights of Palestinian people.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Swiss president voiced strong support for his country’s gas deal with Iran, and dismissed the US pressure to discourage his country from entering into the deal.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Vice-President and head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) called on Tehran and Seoul to take improved measures to introduce their civilizations to each other, saying that the move can boost the two nations’ cultural ties.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A planned meeting between the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) Gholam Reza Aghazadeh and the UN nuclear agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei has been postponed “based on mutual agreement”, Iranian officials said.

TEHRNA (FNA)- The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago has started taking three-dimensional pictures of Iran’s Achaemenid inscriptions.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Persian gardens are open green spaces designed and built with similar principals, and techniques. Influenced by the Iranian culture and civilization, they have stood the test of time for thousands of years throughout the entire region.

TEHRAN (FNA)- British archeologists are excavating Iran’s Sialk Mound in a bid to find the origins of agricultural societies during the Neolithic Period.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Turkey will seek initiatives on Monday against the outlawed separatist PKK and its breakaway faction PEJAK during the 12th Iran-Turkey High Security Commission meeting in Ankara.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission summoned ministers of intelligence, foreign affairs and interior.

TEHRAN (FNA)- India is likely to help Iran in modernization and expansion of its rail network.