Pakistan and Iran have finalized a contract for a gas export deal scheduled to be signed within a month.

First Vice-President Parviz Davoudi called on Iranian and Malaysian officials to utilize the existing potentials and possibilities to further expand ties between the two countries.

Iranian Science Minister Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi met with his Togolese counterpart Fidel Nouboukpo here in Tehran on Saturday.

Commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said that despite enemies’ threats and plots, the Islamic Iran enjoys security and tranquility.

Iranian and Pakistani presidents are expected to sign by next month the final contract on a $7.4 bln pipeline project which would take Iran’s gas to Pakistan and India, a senior Iranian oil ministry official said here on Saturday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to pay a daylong visit to Bahrain following his participation in the upcoming summit of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Saudi Arabia next week.

Vice-speaker of Thailand’s parliament stressed the need for Asian governments to consolidate ties and strengthen peace and friendship in the continent.

Iran’s Ambassador to Mexico Mohammad Hassan Ghadiri Abyaneh warned the United States against an invasion of the Islamic Republic, saying that in case of such aggression, US troops will have to go back home in caskets.

A sort of ‘two-party’ system will emerge from the December vote in Russia. But it won’t be even the docile two-party system envisioned under the Unified Russia-A Just Russia plan.

A Georgian billionaire accused of plotting a coup on Saturday declared himself a candidate in next year’s presidential election, providing a potential high-profile leader for the former Soviet state’s opposition.