TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian and Malaysian officials signed several agreements to bolster the two countries’ technological cooperation.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Transnational rail project connecting Iran with Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan could have major strategic and trade implications for the region.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s petrochemical production capacity will soar to 100 million tons by the end of 20-Year Vision Plan, 2025.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The new round of gas negotiations between Iran and Pakistan on peace pipeline is underway in Islamabad.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Russia yesterday called for more negotiations with Iran as US vowed to pursue sanctions against the Islamic republic.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Oil prices gained overnight and were slightly higher Friday, as the US government lobbied international powers not to back down on OPEC’s second-largest producer, Iran, over its nuclear program.

The meaning of Sunday’s Russian parliamentary elections is not to be found in the results. There was never any doubt that Vladimir Putin’s party would take an overwhelming majority. United Russia, with the president at the top of its list, enjoyed every imaginable advantage, legal and illegal. Opposition groups, including …

Russia accused a US think-tank on Friday of spreading anti-Russian propaganda by hosting a debate on violence in the turbulent Ingushetia region neighbouring Chechnya.

* Defence ministry spokesman says town has become base for ‘foreign terrorists’ KABUL: A NATO soldier, two children and 12 “terrorists” have been killed in the first day of an operation to retake the southern Afghan town of Musa Qala, the Afghan defence ministry said on Saturday.

BRUSSELS, Belgium – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday the United States would continue along a two-track strategy to deal with Iran, pressing for new sanctions and demanding Tehran come clean about its nuclear program while offering talks to sweeten the deal. But Russia ignored her calls to punish …