TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran hopes to expand energy cooperation with the Latin American countries. Iran’s president adviser Samare Hashemi who was in Paraguay to attend in the sworn-in ceremony of its new president Fernando Lugo said Iran would widen ties with Latin American countries and would aid them with energy exploration.

TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iranian filmmaker, Behnam Behzadi’s first flick “We Live Only Twice” is to be screened in this year’s Chicago Film Festival. The 44th round of the festival to be started on October 16 will last for 13 days in Chicago.

Russia has begun pulling its troops out of Georgia, according to its deputy chief of staff. In a daily official briefing, Col-General Anatoly Nogovitsyn said the pull-out started in accordance with a six-point ceasefire plan brokered by French President Nicolas Sarokzy.