Middle Orient

The widow of a Pakistani journalist, shot dead last year after reporting that an al Qaeda leader was killed by a U.S. missile, was killed in a bomb blast on Saturday in a northwestern tribal region, a family member said.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Saturday said that he has a number of proposals to make at the upcoming heads of state summit of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini here Saturday expressed regret over the death of a number of Bangladeshi citizens during thunderstorms and heavy rain falls in the country.

Iran’s Fars province and Kenya signed an agreement to boost mutual cooperation in the tourism sector.

Over 3,000 types of Iranian goods and products have found their way to the markets of 151 different world countries, an Azarbaijan provincial official said on Saturday.

Iran and Qatar should have the best relations, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a meeting with the Qatari Minister of Internal Affairs, Abdallah bin Nasir bin Khalifa al-Thani here on Saturday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to pay a short visit to Bahrain prior to his participation in the upcoming summit of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A series of clashes in southern Afghanistan left 33 suspected Taliban militants dead, while a roadside bomb killed two NATO soldiers, officials said Saturday.

Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran said in its latest report that the country’s foreign currency reserves on September 12 amounted to USD68 bln, showing 19.8% of growth compared with the last year.

Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari has said that the Islamic Republic’s oil and gas output could reach 4.5 mln barrels per day of oil equivalent within the next two years.