TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian gas is an unavoidable source for the Nabucco pipeline project, which will supply fuel from the Caspian Sea region to Europe, Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, in an interview published Monday, said his country did not believed Israel or the United States would launch a military strike against Iran over its nuclear program.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Cost issues and sanctions that limit access to Western technology make it more beneficial for Iran to export natural gas via pipeline than by tanker after cooling it to liquid, an Iranian official said on Sunday.