Middle Orient

TEHRAN (FNA) – Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohammed ElBaradei said the greatest global danger would be posed by nuclear-armed extremist groups and not newly emerging nuclear states.

TEHRAN (FNA) – India’s Hinduja Group and ONGC Videsh Ltd. hope to ink a pact with Iran to develop oil and gas fields by the end of the month.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s largest auto maker, Iran Khodro Investment Development Co, might end partnership with Chinese auto maker Jinhua Youngman Automobile Manufacturing Co Ltd, sources reported.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran will start development of a power station in Iraq’s Najaf province, a 320 megawatt grant from its neighbor, a provincial spokesman said.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran has reported assistance from Persian Gulf Arab states in shielding Tehran’s banking system, which have been targeted by the United States.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran will help Zimbabwe defeat western sanctions by assisting President Robert Mugabe’s government in setting up a farm equipment manufacturing plant, refurbish an oil refinery and expand a power plant, Tehran’s envoy to Harare said on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed Iran’s firm nuclear stance and continued move towards progress during his address to millions of ralliers who congregated at Tehran’s Azadi Square to stage strong support for the Islamic Republic and commemorate 1979 Islamic Revolution.

BAGHDAD – Two car bombs exploded in southern Baghdad on Monday, killing 11 people during a visit to the city by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Iraqi police said.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – The governor of Afghanistan’s most important southern province escaped unscathed from a roadside bomb on Monday, but three civilians were wounded in the attack, his office said in a statement.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Millions of Iranians in Tehran and other cities poured to the streets to show their unconditional support for the Islamic Republic through staging massive rallies on February 11th, marking the 29th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.