TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran`s Ambassador to Germany Mohammad Mehdi Akhoundzadeh Friday called for a deepening of bilateral legislative relations during his farewell talks with the head of the German-Iranian Parliamentary Friendship Group, Rolf Muetzenich.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Bolivian President Evo Morales says he’s moving the country’s lone Middle Eastern embassy to Iran as he builds increasingly warm ties with the Islamic Republic.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian archeologists have started the third phase of excavations at the country’s ancient Tappeh Shoqali site in the city of Varamin.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Top intelligence officials from Iran and Russia have agreed to boost bilateral ties in their fight against terrorism and extremism.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf is slated to serve on the jury of the 2008 Pusan International Film Festival.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The managing director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines announced here on Friday that 27 ships will be added to IRISL fleet by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20).

TEHRAN (FNA)- Emir of Qatar Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani said in Damascus quadripartite meeting that the problem between the United Arab Emirates and Iran on three Persian Gulf Islands should be solved peacefully.

Syria has sent a list of proposals to Israel aimed at laying the groundwork for direct peace talks between the two foes, President Bashar al-Assad says.

Seven people were killed when a helicopter crashed into an oil rig off the coast of Dubai, officials say.

A UN peacekeeper in Lebanon has been killed in an explosion while clearing munitions left over from the 2006 conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.