TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran proposed that members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) use their own currencies in trade with each other.

TEHRAN (FNA)- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran would turn to a pattern for all world countries by the next two decades.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran’s Saba Art and Culture Center has recently produced “Rustam and Borzu”, an animation written by Mohammadreza Yusefi based on Ferdowsi’s Borzunameh.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The warlike stance of the US guarantees that it will never accomplish its desired results against Iran, a top Iranian commander said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) held a session on Tuesday to discuss the ways for promotion of Iran and Serbia bilateral trade ties.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The establishment of a TV network broadcasting films and serials with Arabic subtitles, has been proposed to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).

TEHRAN (FNA)- Archaeologists have recently found evidence indicating the Parthian castle at the ancient Kaluraz mound site burned down about 2200 years ago.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Turkmenistan will decide about the new price of imported gas from Turkmenistan by the end of the current year, Iran’s ambassador to Turkmenistan said on Wednesday.

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed more than 100 Taliban in the southern Afghan province of Helmand during three days of fighting, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S. troops will on Sept. 1 hand over control of Iraq’s Anbar province, once the heart of a bloody Sunni Arab insurgency, reflecting a dramatic drop in violence across the country, an Iraqi official said on Thursday.