TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said that his country grossed USD 70 billion from oil sales over the country’s past solar year, which according to the Iranian calendar runs from March 21st 2007 until March 20th 2008.
Read More »Iran Slams Sarkozy over Missile Warning
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has lashed out at French President Nicolas Sarkozy for suggesting France needed a nuclear deterrent to counter the growing missile threat posed by states like the Islamic Republic.
Read More »Arab Media Warn of US Warmongering against Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Arab media have raised US-Iran confrontation alarms, saying the US has a proxy war with Iran going at the tail end of the Bush administration.
Read More »Iran, Italy Sign Archeology MoU
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Italy have signed an MoU in archeological research to enable Italian archeologists help with Iran’s Burnt City project.
Read More »India to Start Negotiations with Iran, Pak on IPI Pipeline
TEHRAN (FNA)- India will soon start negotiations with Iran and Pakistan on the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline. The negotiations will resume after the formation of the new government in Pakistan, said Murli Deora, New Delhi’s Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas.
Read More »Dutch protest against Islam critic’s Koran film
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – About one thousand people protested in central Amsterdam on Saturday against right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders and the imminent release of his film expected to be critical of the Koran.
Read More »Kurdish spring festivals in Turkey turn violent
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – More than 100 Kurdish demonstrators and 10 policemen were injured and more than 160 Kurds detained across southeastern Turkey on Saturday when police broke up spring festival celebrations, security sources said.
Read More »Palestinian talks in Yemen await Hamas response
SANAA (Reuters) – Reconciliation talks between Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas hinge on Hamas’ response to a proposal about the future of the Gaza Strip, the Yemeni foreign minister said on Saturday.
Read More »Egypt holds talks with Gaza Islamists on truce
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Egypt held talks on Saturday with representatives of Hamas and Islamic Jihad from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, part of a push for a truce between the militant groups and Israel, officials said.
Read More »Iran Spreads Underwater Haft Seen
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran laid out a Haft Seen in the depths of the breathtaking turquoise waters of the Persian Gulf on the occasion of the Iranian New Year.
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