TEHRAN (FNA)- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has told Iran to prepare for “a great economic surgery, fundamental reforms, and a great construction movement”.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran denied Friday that it faced any “technical problems” in expanding its nuclear program.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Ahmadinejad said Iran is willing to negotiate about nuclear issues but talks over intrinsic national rights are pointless.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Qatari Emir hopes all Muslim nations particularly Qatar could use Iran’s nuclear achievements to develop their capacities.

Senior al Qaeda planner Abu Obeida al Masri, identified by authorities as a key suspect in the 2005 London transit bombings and a foiled 2006 plot to blow up U.S.-bound commercial airliners, has died, U.S. counterterrorism officials said yesterday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- India is keen to partner the proposed multi-billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project and has promised to resist “all external pressures on the issue”, Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta condemned sabotage of Tehran-Kabul ties.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Sufian Alaw Monday hailed Iran’s oil and gas cooperation with his country.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed confidence on Tuesday that use of armed force in a bid to crush Iran’s nuclear capabilities would make the Middle East conflict impossible to settle

TEHRAN (FNA)- At least three people were injured when a car’s petrol tank exploded at a gas station in northern Iran on Monday.