May, 2008

• 4 May

  Iran Begins $1.2 bln Upgrade for Sri Lanka Refinery

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad this week launched a $1.2 billion project to upgrade Sri Lanka’s sole refinery at Sapugaskande, outside Colombo, the island nation’s capital.

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• 4 May

  Iran, Pakistan to Launch Construction of Gas Pipeline Soon

  TEHRAN (FNA)- An Iranian diplomat said that the mega project of Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline would soon be undertaken.

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• 4 May

  India’s JMI to Set up Center for Iranology

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and India’s Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) signed an MOU on 1st May to set up a Centre for Iranology in the Academy of Third World Studies at JMI campus in the capital.

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• 4 May

  Iran, Vatican Stress Peaceful Nature of All Religions

  TEHRAN (FNA)- A delegation of Iranian Muslim leaders this week visited the Vatican for a three-day seminar on “Faith and Reason in Christianity and Islam” and a meeting with Pope Benedict XIV.

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• 4 May

  Turkey Bombs PKK Targets as Iran Helps Iraq in Ending Clashes

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkish warplanes launched intensive bombing raids on Kurdish targets in northern Iraq overnight but there were no reports of any casualties, a Kurdish spokesman said on Friday.

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• 4 May

  Russian N. Cargo Arrives in Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini said on Friday that the consignment of heat insulation material, destined to Bushehr nuclear power plant from Russia, has entered Iranian soil after being stranded by Azerbaijan recently.

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• 4 May

  FM: Iran-Yemen Relations Ushered in New Era

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said his country and Yemen have entered a new chapter in relations between the two countries.

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• 4 May

  Iran Says No Ultimatum over South Pars

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has not issued an ultimatum to Total and Royal Dutch Shell over the development of its giant South Pars gas field, Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said on Friday.

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• 4 May

  Iran Reiterates Strong Russia Ties

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country and Russia could play a key role in “shaping new international relations” through promoting ties.

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• 4 May

  World Powers Agree New Incentives Offer to Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Major powers agreed on Friday to make a new offer of incentives to Iran to give up its right of uranium enrichment.

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