TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Tehran’s Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi Qomi stressed Iran’s plans for expanding economic and defense ties with Iraq.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday stressed the point that active cooperation between Iran and Russia on regional issues within a defined framework can be effective in foiling the US unilateral plans.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with Russia’s National Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov here on Sunday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran said it needs time to review a plan proposed by the head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency that calls for holding off on imposing UN Security Council sanctions.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran said on Sunday it had signed an initial deal worth $10 billion with Spain’s Repsol and Royal Dutch Shell to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the South Pars gas field.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Russia’s National Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov stressed that Moscow is committed to completing and launching Iran’s first nuclear power plant in Bushehr on schedule this year.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Ankara’s ambassador to Tehran said in a meeting with the chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security Committee Mahmoud Mohammadi here on Sunday that Iran has a special stand in Turkey’s foreign policy.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini criticized western countries for their negative approach towards Iran’s nuclear issue, stressing that UN Security Council Resolution 1737 on Iran undermines Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Former US presidential nominee John Kerry voiced full support for the Islamic Republic’s right to use civilian nuclear technology on the basis of the rules and regulations of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NTP).

BiH Constitutional Court annuls entity symbols 29/01/2007 SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) — The BiH constitutional court decided on Saturday (January 27th) to deprive the two entities in BiH, Republika Srpska (RS) and the Federation of BiH (FBiH), of their symbols because they failed to harmonise them with the constitution. …