Eurasia Press & News
Russia praised the European Union on Tuesday for taking a “responsible approach” to its conflict with Georgia by declining to impose sanctions on Moscow but said the EU had failed to understand its reasons for intervening.
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September, 2008
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2 September
Iran Wants Excess Supply on OPEC Agenda
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Tuesday called for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to discuss quota-busting by some members at its meeting in Vienna on September 9.
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2 September
Russian Delegation Arrives in Iran to Visit N. Plant
TEHRAN (FNA)- A team of Russian nuclear experts is visiting Iran as part of regular checking of the Islamic Republic’s first nuclear power plant which is under construction by Russia in the southwestern Iranian port city of Bushehr.
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2 September
Iran Mulls Lopping Zeros off Currency
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is considering lopping three to four zeros off its currency, a top official said Monday.
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2 September
Iran Shuns Al-Arabiya Satellite Channel
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya satellite channel should be dealt with forcefully because of its so-called “opposition campaigns,” an Iranian lawmaker said on Sunday.
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2 September
Iran: OPEC could Cut Output
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran said the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries could call for oil production cuts next week because of crude’s steep decline from record prices.
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2 September
Iran Ships Last Heavy Oil Stored in Persian Gulf to Suez Canal
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is shipping the last load of heavy crude oil that was stored in tankers in the Persian Gulf to the Suez Canal for delivery to buyers, an oil ministry official said.
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2 September
Israel Must Come to Terms with N. Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- In a rare departure from his pro-Israeli rhetoric, the US Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate, Joseph Biden, was quoted in the Israeli press on Monday as telling senior Israeli officials behind closed doors that the Zionist regime would have to reconcile itself to a nuclear Iran.
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2 September
Iran Starts DNA Tests of Kyrgyz Plane Crash Victims
TEHRAN (FNA)- A Tehran laboratory started to test 59 DNA samples of casualties of the plane crash, which happened on August 24, 2008 near the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek.
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2 September
Iran Trying to Expand Bandwidth Capacity
TEHRAN (FNA)- Currently, the capacity of the state bandwidth is about 12,000 Mega bits and the efforts for expanding it to 15,000 Mega bits are being followed up rapidly, an Iranian official said.
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