TEHRAN (FNA)- Hezbollah chief Seyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday that any Israeli attack on Lebanon depended on the Iranian nuclear issue and the Israel-Syria talks.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian lawmakers have withdrawn an impeachment motion against Education Minister Alireza Ali Ahmadi who had stood accused of not doing enough to improve teachers’ pay.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran denied reports that Iranian officials are to meet with the US vice president in the wake of growing tensions between Russia and the US.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Iran’s state-run tv said that the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) plans to sue satellite channels for broadcasting the state television contents without permission.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The start-up of the first reactor at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant will be “irreversible” by February next year, a senior Russian nuclear official said Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A Kuwaiti newspaper has termed the upcoming Muscat summit of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council and the invitation extended to Iran to attend the meeting as “significant” both for the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region.

Cairo – Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soleiman will meet in Cairo with a delegation from the Palestine Democratic Union on Wednesday to discuss ways to end the inter-Palestinian conflict.

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana heads to the Middle East next Friday on a tour which will include Egypt, the Palestinian territories, and Jordan.

RAMALLAH, The Palestinian security forces of President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday arrested ten members of Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the West Bank, Hamas said in a statement.

RAMALLAH, A high-ranking Palestinian source revealed on Tuesday that Israel would not free more Palestinian prisoners from its jails as a goodwill gesture to Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas.