August, 2008

• 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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• 19 August

  Iran Opens Center for Research on Hand-Woven Carpet

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The director of Iran National Carpet Center here on Monday announced that INCC has established a research department for hand-woven carpets.

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• 19 August

  IAEA Publishes NAM Support for Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The IAEA has published a document from the Non-Aligned Movement which expresses support for Iran’s nuclear program.

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• 19 August

  Iran’s Aid Convoy Enters Georgia

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s first convoy of relief supplies for the displaced people of the Georgian city of Gori was delivered to the city’s officials.

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