Middle Orient

TEHRAN (FNA)- The bus service between Pakistan and Iran will commence from April 22 when the first bus will leave from Quetta for Mashhad.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is apparently no more satisfied with its observer status in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and it hopes to become a full member.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran will host biggest gathering of world’s tour operators.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has strongly protested the recent arbitrary act of the US forces on fingerprinting Iranian pilgrims and imposing restrictions on them.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran will hold run-off votes on April 25 for parliamentary seats not decided in a first election round earlier this month.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is demanding compensation for unlawful sanctions imposed by the UN for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment, the Islamic Republic Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in a letter to the UN Secretary General on Wednesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale shook the areas in the vicinity of Dogonbadan city about 600 km (375 miles) south of the Iranian capital Tehran on Wednesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The fact that conservatives won more than 70% of votes in the parliamentary elections this March has made even the most hostile and pessimistic analysts in the West announce that election results prove most Iranians support their country’s nuclear program and its right to enrich uranium.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has reported record crude oil revenues over the last year.

TEHRAN (FNA)- India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and its partner Hinduja group may sign a multi-billion dollar deal next month for developing oil and gas fields in Iran.