Middle Orient

TEHRAN (FNA) – Norwegian company Econ technical director Paul Parks said Iran was the Middle East’s best energy market for investment.

TEHRAN (FNA) – The year 2008 will be a milestone in Iran’s relations with African countries, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here on Tuesday in a meeting with Senegalese Minister of Armed Forces Becaye Diop.

BAGHDAD – The new commander of American forces in Baghdad plans to increase the number of local garrisons across the Iraqi capital even as U.S. troop levels drop in the coming months.

ISTANBUL – Police detained a Turkish Airlines employee on Tuesday after he released a woman he had been holding hostage with a gun at the company’s headquarters, a company spokeswoman told Reuters.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Tehran has responded to all questions about its nuclear program, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman announced on Tuesday, reiterating that transparency of his country’s nuclear activities has been approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

TEHRAN (FNA) – An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted Anbar Abad in Iran’s southeastern province of Kerman Tuesday morning.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran and Indonesia have established cooperation in development of capital markets in the two countries.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Since the beginning of the year [Iranian year started 20 March 2007] more than 2.99m tons of petrochemical products have been exported from the oil-rich Khuzestan Province.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran and Malaysia have identified four areas of collaboration in the agriculture sector namely, research and development, improvement in crop production, husbandry and fishing.

TEHRAN (FNA) – In the age of e-communications, Iran launches its first twenty-four hour Internet radio for direct interaction with a millennium audience.