August, 2008

• 20 August

  Quake Hits Southeastern Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- A mild tremor measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale jolted Shahdad suburbs in Iran’s southeastern Province of Kerman on Saturday.

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• 20 August

  Foreign Investors Show Growing Interest in Iran’s Petrochem

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The total foreign investment in the National Petrochemical Company of Iran (NPC) in the previous three years has touched a record US$4.5 bln, a senior oil ministry official said.

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• 20 August

  Iran Criticizes Western Attitude to Scientific Achievements

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran blasted the Western governments for misportraying the scientific breakthrough it has made in launching satellite into orbit.

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• 20 August

  OPEC Weekly Prices Dive below $110

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The weekly average oil prices of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) dropped to 109.73 US dollars per barrel last week, the Vienna-based cartel said Monday.

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• 20 August

  Iran Transformed by Oil Discovery

  TEHRAN (FNA)- They call it “Well Number One”. A sign proudly proclaims the spot where the first middle-eastern oil was discovered 100 years ago.

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• 20 August

  Iran, IAEA Continue Talks

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian officials and the deputy head of the UN atomic watchdog continued their latest round of talks on Iran’s nuclear drive on Tuesday.

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• 20 August

  Turkish Energy Minister to Visit Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkey’s energy minister on Monday announced plans to visit Tehran to discuss investment in gas fields and a pipeline project in a rebuff to the United States, which opposes energy deals with Iran.

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• 19 August

  Chicago Film Festival to Screen Iranian Film

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian filmmaker Behnam Behzadi’s “We Only Live Twice” is scheduled to be screened at the 2008 Chicago International Film Festival.

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• 19 August

  Iran Mulling $3bln Investment in Syria

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Minister of Industries and Mines Ali Akbar Mehrabian announced here on Monday that feasibility studies were underway for executing $3 billion worth of projects in different fields in Syria.

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• 19 August

  Sassanid Structures Discovered in Western Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian archeologists have discovered evidence of Sassanid and Islamic human establishments in the country’s western province of Ilam.

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