TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran has turned down demands by the United States to halt its uranium enrichment program as a precondition for direct negotiations with Washington, Iranian foreign minister said here today.

TEHRAN – Iran has boosted oil export earnings in non-U.S. dollar currencies to 90 percent, a senior official said on Sunday, making clear the world’s fourth-largest crude exporter would continue to reduce its dollar exposure.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Some 2,500 tons of narcotics enter Iran from neighboring Afghanistan annually, an anti-drugs official said on Sunday.