TEHRAN (FNA) – A one month delay to consider a new UN Security Council draft resolution against Iran’s nuclear program would not be a disaster, a South African official said on Thursday.
Read More »Iran’s FM in Ethiopia for AU Summit
TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Thursday to attend the 10th summit of the African Union.
Read More »Mosul to be “cleansed” of al Qaeda: Iraq
BAGHDADÂ – Iraq said on Wednesday it was determined to “cleanse” its northern city of Mosul of al Qaeda fighters but its U.S. backers said a planned operation might not deal the decisive blow that Baghdad wanted.
Read More »Abbas tells Hamas in Gaza crisis talks to end “coup”
CAIRO – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday rejected demands by Hamas for control of the Gaza border and told the Islamist group to “end its coup in Gaza”.
Read More »CHRONOLOGY: Journalists killed in Iraq
A cameraman working for an Iraqi Shi’ite satellite television channel and his driver were killed by a roadside bomb attack north of Baghdad on Tuesday, an official from the channel said.
Read More »Iraq could see windfall from high oil prices: report
WASHINGTON – The Iraqi government could see a windfall from higher oil prices this year, while it moves to assume greater responsibility for security and economic development, a U.S. government watchdog said on Wednesday.
Read More »Crescent Officials in Iran to Continue Gas Pricing Talks
TEHRAN (FNA) – Officials of the United Arab Emirates’ private energy firm Crescent Petroleum arrived here in Tehran to continue long-running talks over pricing Iran’s gas supplies to the Persian Gulf Arab state.
Read More »Speaker Calls for Muslims Unity
TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel in a meeting with the Sheikh of al-Azhar University, Muhammad Sayyed al-Tantawi called for unity among Muslim nations.
Read More »Iran Receives Bahraini King’s Message to Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN (FNA) – Bahrain’s ambassador to Tehran in a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Wednesday submitted a message from his King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa to the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Read More »Iran: Bush Unable to Cover Failures
TEHRAN (FNA) – US President George Bush has failed in making any remarkable achievement at home and abroad during his term of office, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said, adding that Bush is unlikely to hide its defeats and failures through projecting blame and responsibility on others.
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