Middle Orient

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqis are excitedly awaiting a Sunday visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the first by an Iranian head of state since the 1979 revolution.

TEHRAN (FNA)- France and Britain have again delayed a UN Security Council vote on a new round of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, Western diplomats said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Criticisms of Iran’s uranium enrichment program seem hypocritical as Iran is doing exactly what several private companies are doing in the US.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Tehran’s provisional Friday Prayers leader Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said Friday that the IAEA Chief Mohammad ElBaradei’s February 22 Iran report is a “solid evidence of Iranian nation’s righteousness and of the US failure.”

TEHRAN (FNA)- South Africa protested a “rush” by the five veto-wielding Security Council members to adopt new United Nations sanctions against Iran, saying it wants to wait for a report from the UN nuclear agency later this month.

TEHRAN (FNA)- India has not received any official information from Iran about China expressing interest in joining the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project, Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said here Thursday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Minister of Industries and Mines Ali Akbar Mehrabian and Tunisia’s Energy Minister Afif Chelbi reviewed expansion of bilateral industrial ties between two countries.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s ambassador to Russia said there are consultations between Iran, Russia, Algeria and Qatar to establish a gas cooperation organization like “OPEC”.

TEHRAN (FNA) – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared today that Iran was the world’s “number one” power.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Tehran on Monday signed an agreement with Baghdad to help execute projects in the infrastructure and services sectors in the Iraqi capital.