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$2.2 b Petrol Import Bill Approved

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An Iranian MP said that the parliament’s Budget and Planning Commission has approved USD 2.2 billion of the government’s proposed USD 3.5 billion for the imports of petrol in the current (Iranian) year.

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Palestinian students in danger of losing school year over open-ended teachers’ strike

RAMALLAH — Eighth-grader Thaer Shweikiyeh, who dreams of being a doctor one day, was excited about going back to school after the summer vacation. Instead, he’s been selling onions in the local farmers’ market for the past two months, and his new schoolbag remains untouched. Thaer is one of 800,000 …

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Iran Suggests Talks with West

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran offered to talk with the West about its disputed nuclear program days before the US and its partners are expected to circulate a draft resolution providing for limited sanctions against Tehran.

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Britain Calls for Talks with Iran and Syria on Iraq

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Frantic efforts are under way in Washington and London to find an exit strategy for Iraq as a renewed surge in violence led George Bush to admit Friday that tactics there might need to change. Diplomats and politicians in both capitals are desperately reviewing and debating …

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FM Warns West not to Adopt a Hostile Approach

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here on Saturday called on Iran’s negotiating counterparties to refrain from referring Tehran’s nuclear case to the UN Security Council and to return the case to the IAEA Board of Governors.

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FM Warns EU Iran will not Remain Calm in case of Sanctions

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Ministry, responding to a recent statement by the EU Ministerial Council, stressed that in case the EU opts for the path of sanctions and threats, Iran will not remain indifferent and it will not allow the other party to trespass its rights.

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Qods Day Rallies Unveil Zionists Crimes

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Head of Iran’s judiciary Ayatollah Seyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi said that the World Qods Day rallies are the best way to disclose the crimes of the Zionist regime and the United States.

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