Work on the seventh nationwide gas pipeline from Asalouyeh to Iranshahr in Sistan-Baluchestan province is in progress.

Turkish maritime officials are due in Tehran for attending the first Iran-Turkey conference on ports and shipping cooperation on September 4-6.

Arab League Chief Amr Moussa on Sunday called for talks between Arab countries and Iran over Iraq.

Iranian-American Haleh Esfandyari, who was detained last December on charges of harming Iran’s national security, was allowed to leave Tehran early this morning.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) – Military forces fought major battles with Taliban just outside Kandahar city that Afghan police said killed more than 120 rebels, although the US military issued a much lower toll.Afghan and international soldiers raided what they said was a Taliban headquarters in an operation that started late …

SEOUL (AFP) – The South Koreans who were held hostage for six weeks by Afghanistan’s Taliban have no serious health problems, a hospital official said Monday. The 19 Christian aid workers arrived home Sunday after Seoul government negotiators reached a deal for their release, and were taken to Sam Anyang …

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Sunday underlined that his country would continue nuclear progress, adding that Iran’s nuclearization shattered powers’ hegemonic system.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini blasted the Untied States for sparking terrorism and extremism in the Middle-East region.

Japan’s Sharp Company has decided to start a new round of activities in Iran to own a bigger share of the country’s market, a senior company official said here on Sunday.

A renowned Iranian researcher called on the country to use potentials to speed up scientific growth to top regional countries in producing science, reminding that Iran’s giant potentials caused a ten-time increase in its scientific productions from 1997 to 2006.