TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that his country wants special ties with Pakistan in oil, gas and power sectors.

TEHRAN (FNA)- UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei said here Monday that his agency was still unable to determine whether or not there were undeclared nuclear activities in Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik Monday reiterated her country’s support for a diplomatic solution to the nuclear standoff between Tehran and the West.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran said the rise in extra-regional influence will in no way resolve the crisis in the Caucasus and can only worsen the situation.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari and Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov made agreements on reinforcing bilateral ties in different fields of energy sector during a meeting held in Ashgabat on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called on the Iranian youth to make up for the country’s backwardness during the dependence period.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Gilan Province director for Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization (CHHTO) stated here on Sunday that tourism promotion plans valued at over four trillion rials (about $405.6 million) are underway in the province.

Novi Pazar – The Assembly of the Islamic Community of Serbia has once again elected incumbent reis Adem Zilkic as its supreme leader.

Brussels – Talks between the UN officials in Kosovo and Serbia on the deployment of the EU’s new law-and-order mission to Kosovo, EULEX, is progress but the mission’s future can’t rest on them, the bloc’s foreign policy chief says.

Skopje – The Greek Foreign Minister has reiterated that Athens will not allow Macedonia to join NATO and the EU until a settlement on the “name row” is found.