Middle Orient

TEHRAN (FNA) – Chinese ambassador to Tehran voiced his country’s enthusiasm for augmenting investment in Iran’s oil and energy sector.

TEHRAN (FNA) – The Zionist regime has turned Gaza into a prison for over a million people currently under the Israeli siege there, but enemies of Islam should know that people will not give in to pressures and will continue their glorious path with patience and resistance, a Palestinian official …

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said Tuesday that there’s no reason for OPEC states to increases oil production.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday Tehran would not make concessions over the country’s nuclear drive despite pressure by world powers.

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.