Middle Orient

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Qatari Emir hopes all Muslim nations particularly Qatar could use Iran’s nuclear achievements to develop their capacities.

TEHRAN (FNA)- India is keen to partner the proposed multi-billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project and has promised to resist “all external pressures on the issue”, Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta condemned sabotage of Tehran-Kabul ties.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Sufian Alaw Monday hailed Iran’s oil and gas cooperation with his country.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed confidence on Tuesday that use of armed force in a bid to crush Iran’s nuclear capabilities would make the Middle East conflict impossible to settle

TEHRAN (FNA)- At least three people were injured when a car’s petrol tank exploded at a gas station in northern Iran on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Untied States said it would use all means to prevent Iran’s influence in the region including its membership in Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

The rival US presidential hopefuls have aired bitter disagreements over the Iraq troop surge as they put questions to American military commander General David Petraeus.

SOFIA (Reuters) – Profits from drugs trafficking through Bulgaria have been used to fund organizations like Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad, the parliamentary security commission said on Tuesday.

GAZA (Reuters) – Sleeping in their cars outside petrol stations, Palestinians are feeling the pinch of a fuel crisis in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, where black market gasoline sells for about $30 a gallon.