Middle Orient

TEHRAN (FNA) – Guardians Council’s Spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodayee informed reporters of the latest decisions and approvals of the council during a press conference here on Saturday.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s top nuclear negotiator and Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Saeed Jalili here Friday hailed a report by the UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Iran’s nuclear activities, saying that it proved Tehran’s righteousness.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Tens of thousands of local residents in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas rushed to meet their popular president to voice their support for Ahmadinejad’s policies and demand him facilitate solution of their personal and social problems.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Phase one development of Shahid Rajaie Container Terminal (SRCT) project in Bandar Abbas, with a handling capacity of some 1.5 million teu, came on stream on Thursday.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranians across the country experienced a total eclipse of the moon in early hours of Thursday morning.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran said the report by the UN atomic agency has proved that claims by the US, France and Britain against Tehran have no foundation.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran will hold an exhibition of its products in Pakistan in May with an aim to provide opportunity to its businessmen to introduce their products in the Pakistani market, an Iranian diplomat said on Friday.

GAZA – Hamas called on the European Union on Friday to step up pressure on Israel to lift its economic and military blockade of the Gaza Strip, which is controlled by the Islamist group.

BEIRUT – Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah vowed on Friday to avenge the assassination of his senior commander Imad Moughniyah and threatened to deal Israel a crushing blow if it attacked Lebanon again.

LONDON – Lawyers for five Iraqis have accused British soldiers of mass executions and torture and called for a police investigation into an “atrocious episode” in British army history.