Alexiy II has been laying in state at his residence near Moscow following his sudden death on Friday. Today, the late Patriarch of All Russia is expected to be taken through the capital to be lain in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour after 18 years as head of Russia’s …

TEHRAN (FNA)- The chief of the world’s nuclear watchdog organization considers five years of US and international efforts to rein in Iran’s nuclear progress a failure, as Tehran moves ever closer to fully mastering nuclear technology. The United Nations Security Council has imposed three sets of sanctions to try to …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Total Iranian-German trade volume rose 7.8 percent between January and September of this year compared to same period in 2007, the Federal Statistical Office based in the south German city of Wiesbaden reported. The overall bilateral trade volume until the end of September stood at 3.233865 billion euros, …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to build two new 1000-megawatt units at the Bushehr nuclear power complex, a senior Iranian official said. Deputy Director of the Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) Ahmad Fayyazbakhsh said that instead of completing the second unit at the Bushehr plant, Iranian authorities have decided to build …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran expressed concern over human rights in France and the wave of Islamophobia in Europe. The remarks were made by Secretary of Human Rights Headquarters of Iran’s Judiciary Mohammad Javad Larijani in a meeting with French Secretary of State for Human Rights Rama Yade in Paris on Wednesday. …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s OPEC Governor Mohammad Ali Khatibi said there will be a leap in crude prices in the future if desired investments are not made in oil production at the time of surplus supplies in the market. “We will face straits in future if the investments are cut or …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s current crude production stands between 4.05-4.08 million barrels a day, Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Company Seifollah Jashnsaz said on Saturday. He told a press conference that the amount is based on the decisions made by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to reduce oil …

TEHRAN (FNA)- The militants who abducted and killed police forces in southeastern Iran will receive a “massive retaliation” by the Islamic Republic, an official said. “Iran will give a crushing response to the militants in the border areas,” Iran’s Prosecutor General Qorban Ali Dorri Najafabadi said, press tv reported. Iran’s …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Former Iranian President Seyed Mohammad Khatami stated that reformists are bound to the constitution. “The endeavor to implement the constitution is sacred and is one of the most important duties of the reformism,” Khatami told the third special meeting of the Baran Foundation on Friday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana said the standoff over Tehran’s nuclear issue can be resolved only through “win-win negotiations”. In a Friday press conference in Brussels, Solana said the European Union would provide a win-win situation in the next round of talks with Iranian nuclear officials.