TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian officials have set a target of $2.5 billion for the export of technical and engineering services for the current Iranian calendar year.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s agriculture output can be increased from the current 100 mln tons to 300 mln tons per year through using modern technology and science, Minister of Agricultural Jihad Mohammad Reza Eskandari said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, heading a political delegation, arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Saturday to discuss the latest developments in the Caucasus region.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian mission to the UN declared that the US sanctions on the country’s largest shipping line are “illegal and unjustifiable”.  

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran ranks 17 among the major 20 states with the highest numbers of Internet users, the Iranian minister of Communications and Information Technology said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday that expanding ties with African countries is one of Iran’s major diplomatic approaches.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Renowned Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi’s Children of Heaven is slated to be screened at the first annual Bridal Veil Film Festival.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is due to pay a daylong visit to Baku, the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Iran, Abbasali Hasanov said Saturday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Ecuador’s Minister of Mines and Petroleum Galo Chiriboga Zambrano on Saturday called for Iran-Ecuador petrochemical, gas and oil cooperation.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday NATO’s promise to extend membership to Georgia was unjust, humiliating and intolerable to Moscow.