March, 2008

• 6 March

  Police Set Fire to Confiscated Drug Cargoes

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Nine tons of various types of narcotics discovered in clashes with drug traffickers were set on fire by the Law Enforcement Police in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Thursday.

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• 6 March

  Iraqi Official: Iran-US Talks Postponed

  TEHRAN (FNA)- A meeting brokered by Baghdad between Iran and the United States over Iraq’s security was postponed Thursday, an Iraqi government official said, a day after Washington alleged that no such talks were planned.

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• 6 March

  Tehran: Problems with IPI Pipeline to Be Settled soon

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The frozen Indo-Iranian peace pipeline project is likely to see a thaw in the next three months as the US presidential elections will ring in a regime change and also usher in the dawn of multilateralism in the world, Iran’s deputy foreign minister said.

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• 6 March

  Iranian Team in Iraq for Security Talks with US

  TEHRAN (FNA)- An Iranian delegation arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday for a new round of talks with US officials on security in Iraq on the following day.

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• 6 March

  Iranian, Saudi FMs Discuss Lebanon

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia held talks at Cairo airport on Wednesday, Egyptian officials said, in a possible attempt to resolve a political crisis in Lebanon.

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• 6 March

  Iran-Pakistan Bus Service to Launch Operation Soon

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Pakistan on Wednesday said a bus service to Iran would commence soon and a private company had been entrusted to operate the service.

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• 6 March

  Iranian President: Iran will only Talk to IAEA on N. Issue

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran said on Wednesday it would only discuss its nuclear program with the UN atomic watchdog, rejecting a call by world powers to hold more talks with the EU’s foreign policy chief.

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• 6 March

  Poster Ban to Change Campaigning in Iran Vote

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian politicians may find it tougher to reach out to voters in this month’s parliament election when campaigning started on Thursday because of a ban on posters bearing their photographs.

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• 6 March

  President Assad stresses expansion of ties with Iran

  Iran’s First Vice-President, Parviz Davoudi and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad here on Thursday called for further expansion of bilateral cooperation.

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• 6 March

  US refuses to attend talks on Iraq security

  The US announced on Thursday that was not well-prepared to attend trilateral talks on Iraq’s security. Prior to the visit of the Iranian president to Baghdad, the US had voiced readiness to attend triliteral talks on Iraq’s security but after the Iranian delegation voiced readiness to take part in the …

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