TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran and the United States will hold a new round of talks over Iraq’s security in Baghdad next week, an Iraqi Foreign Ministry official said on Saturday.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran plans to privatize 47 firms in its energy sector worth $90 billion and set up a holding company for these assets which it will list on four international exchanges, a National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) executive said.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s Presidential Advisor Mohammad Nasser Biriya has said that Turkey’s approval of the Hijab law shows Islam has prevailed in the country.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Consul General Saeed Kharazi on Saturday called for stronger bilateral ties between the peoples and governments of Iran and Pakistan.

The Islamic Culture and Relations Organization Director Mahdi Mostafavi has lauded President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s planned visit to Iraq, saying it will be “an important step towards expansion of bilateral relations”. 

Egypt boosted troop security along the volatile border with Gaza on Friday, a security official said, following an alleged threat by Hamas that the group would stage kidnappings of Egyptian troops if its operatives arrested in the Sinai were not releaseThe remarks came amid stepped-up rhetoric by Egypt against Gaza’s …

 Iran has started building a second atomic power plant, Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Gholamreza Ansari was quoted as saying on Friday by Itar-Tass news agency. 

 vreme ce relatarile referitoare la iminenta declararii independentei Kosovo nu mai contenesc, premierul provinciei, Hashim Thaci, fost comandant UCK, a declarat chiar ieri ca peste o suta de state ar fi gata sa recunoasca noua entitate separatista. In acelasi timp, diplomatiile sarba si rusa explica ONU ca legile internationale nu …

MUNICH, Germany — The Bush administration is rolling out a diplomatic offensive aimed at persuading Europeans that failure in Afghanistan poses a direct risk to their security.

WASHINGTON – A classified Pentagon assessment concludes that long battlefield tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with persistent terrorist activity and other threats, have prevented the U.S. military from improving its ability to respond to any new crisis, The Associated Press has learned.