TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with Sudanese Defense Minister Field Marshal Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein here on Thursday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Children in Bam, Kerman province, will draw the longest painting in the world on a cloth stretching around the once devastated citadel of Arg-e Bam in one day during Bam Film and Photo Festival, slated for May.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A writer and instructor on theater has said that Fajr International Theater Festival has the necessary potential to turn into a full-fledged international event.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Cooperative of Khorassan Publishers is in talks with Ahmad Shah Masoud Foundation to procure funds for holding Iranian Book Fair in Kabul.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A radiant Unidentified Flying Object was again observed in the sky of Central Sepidar in the vicinity of Bouyer Ahmad in western Iran from 19:10 to 20:30 hours local time (15:40 to 17:00 GMT) Wednesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said that the Iranian nation is not fearful of sanctions and insists on its natural and inalienable right to access nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad noted the wave of vigilance in the world and dissatisfaction of the world nations at hegemonic policies, stressing that a new and extensive wave has just started in Latin America for confronting the United States’ hegemony.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Islamic Republic’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar here on Wednesday viewed Israel’s nuclear invasion of Iran as a bluff, describing it as a suicidal act for the Zionist regime.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iraq’s visiting Minister of State for National Security Shirwan al-Waili here on Wednesday dismissed a recent statement released by the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) about Iran’s intervention in Iraq’s internal affairs.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An informed source in the Secretariat of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council strongly rejected an earlier report released by some Internet sites about an agreement between SNSC Secretary Ali Larijani and EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana on the suspension of nuclear activities by Iran.