TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Since referral of Iran’s case to the UNSC lacked legality from the onset, Iran perceives no reason to accept the UN Security Council Resolution 1737, an Iranian MP said here on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Crude oil rose after Iran, the Middle East’s second-largest exporter, said it will pursue nuclear research.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iraq’s president on Monday protested the arrest by US forces in Iraq of two Iranian diplomats who had been invited to Iraq by Talabani.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Science Minister Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi stressed that Muslim scientists and scholars can easily stand up to those powers which bully the

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel warned here on Saturday that in case the UN Security Council embarks on issuing a resolution against Iran

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Expediency Council chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani extended his condolences to the Turkmen nation and government on the demise of that country’s President Saparmurat Niyazov.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- FIFA officially informed the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation (IRIFF) on December 19 2006 that the suspension imposed on the federation on 23 November 2006 had been lifted.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The effort to sanction Iran in the UN Security Council was meant to showcase international unity against Tehran’s nuclear programs.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The Security Council postponed voting Friday on a resolution aimed at halting Iran’s nuclear program, after Russia objected that the document restricted legitimate business activities.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed that nothing would stop Iran pushing ahead with its nuclear program, as world powers prepared to vote Friday on sanctions against Tehran.