Middle Orient

TEHRAN (FNA) – Tehran’s public security police squad shows strong resolve to enhance citizens’ security as it continues to arrest drug dealers and street gangs in the Iranian capital.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s Reds delight their millions of fans across the world these days as they still show firm determination in practice sessions even after a FIFA ruling for a six point deduction changed their top position with a third place in Iran’s pro league.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s Energy Minister Parviz Fattah said that Iran is holding top record on dam construction in the world, mentioning that Iranian companies are implementing 90 dam projects concurrently.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Indonesia has opposed a third resolution imposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, a day after Libya, another non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, expressed its opposition to the measure.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s senior presidential advisor Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi said that ratification of a new resolution by the UN Security Council against Tehran over its peaceful nuclear activities will be ridiculous.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran blasted the European Union for its biased standing and sympathy for the Zionist regime, saying that the EU is under the influence of the Zionist lobby.

TEHRAN (FNA) – From playing in provincial theatres in northwestern Iran for more than four decades to winning the coveted Silver Bear Award for best actor at the Berlin Film festival, a fairly tale has come true for Iranian actor Reza Naji.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran is planning to bring on stream 417,000 tons/year of additional polyvinyl chloride (PVC) capacity by the end of 2008, turning it into a net exporter, a source close to National Petrochemical Co (NPC) said on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Libya’s envoy to the UN Security Council voiced his country’s opposition to a draft resolution proposed by France and the UK over Iran’s nuclear program.

BAGHDAD – A senior Turkish envoy arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday to hold talks with Iraqi officials about Turkey’s incursion into northern Iraq to fight Kurdish guerrillas, an Iraqi government source said.