Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Indian refiner MRPL will soon conclude a deal to sell 250,000 tons of diesel to Iran over the next eight months, its managing director said on Wednesday, replacing Reliance Industries as a major supplier to the OPEC member.
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May, 2008
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9 May
Iran Condemns British Ruling on Terrorist Group
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Thursday condemned a British court ruling paving the way for the lifting of a ban on an anti-Iran terrorist group, and said such a move would promote “terrorism.”
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9 May
Iran may Start Importing Wheat from Turkey
TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkish State Minister for Foreign Trade Kursad Tuzmen said Iran may soon start importing 2 million tons of wheat from his country.
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9 May
Iran may Start Purchase of Thai Rice in June
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran, one of Thailand’s major rice buyers, is likely to start buying Thai rice in June when prices are expected to drop, a senior Thai trade official said on Thursday.
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9 May
Iran Invests $30 bln in Tourism
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has invested 30 billion dollars in its tourist trade in a bid to fortify its place in the world tourism arena in the next 20 years.
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9 May
Iran Slams US Operations in Iraq
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi Qomi strongly slammed the ongoing US military assaults in Iraq as highly unacceptable.
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9 May
Protesters Interrupt Clinton Fundraiser for Threats against Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- US anti-war activists protested presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton for her remarks threatening Iran with obliteration.
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8 May
Twelve dead in Afghanistan violence
KABUL (AFP) – Twelve people including three foreign soldiers were killed in a spate of bombings and gun battles in Afghanistan, including one firefight between police and opium growers, officials said Wednesday.
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7 May
No US troop increase in Afghanistan without deeper cuts in Iraq: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Pentagon said Tuesday that any sizeable increase in much-needed US forces in Afghanistan will depend on deeper troop cuts in Iraq than currently planned.
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7 May
Drugs undermine Afghanistan’s efforts to rebuild
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Jam Bigum, a drug addict in Afghanistan’s impoverished northern province of Badakhshan, feeds her three-month-old son opium three times a day to keep him quiet.
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