Middle Orient

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran has scheduled to hold permanent handicraft exhibitions in four countries in a bid to promote Iranian culture and tourism in the world.

TEHRAN (FNA)-  Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said here on Monday that all Iranians, regardless of their political tastes, believe the country should utilize peaceful nuclear technology as the “symbol of its independence.”

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that the Zionist regime’s ballistic missile capability wouldn’t help it in confrontations with the Islamic Republic.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Contractors have submitted proposals for a construction contract covering a 1,800 kilometer long cross-country gas pipeline in Iran.

MESAJUL E.S. DL. HAMID REZA ARSHADI, AMBASADOR, CU OCAZIA ZILEI NATIONALE A REPUBLICII ISLAMICE IRAN 11 FEBRUARIE 2008 Iranul se află în inima Orientului Mijlociu, fiind o punte de legătură între Marea Caspică ÅŸi Golful Persic. Datorită varietăţii climatice caracteristica zonei Iranului, este posibil ca în acelaÅŸi moment al anului, …

BETHLEHEM, West Bank – A Palestinian teenager was killed and another was wounded by Israeli troops during a raid into the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday, Palestinian medical officials said.

CAIRO – Egypt said on Monday it wanted the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas to control the border crossing with the Gaza Strip, excluding Hamas Islamists who have run the territory since June.

BEIRUT – Hezbollah, Lebanon’s most powerful faction, on Monday demanded to know who was behind shooting that killed eight opposition supporters in some of Beirut’s worst street violence since the 1975-90 civil war.

RIYADH – Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal met Saudi officials in Riyadh on Monday as part of a Saudi bid to mediate the return of Gaza, under Israeli blockade, to Palestinian Authority control, Saudi and Palestinian officials said.

Lebanon has been going through the worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war. The country has been without a president since November as leaders of its rival factions are unable to agree on a national unity government.