February, 2008

• 13 February

  Tehran Warns US Forces against Chasing Suspects into Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Tehran on Tuesday warned US forces in Iraq against chasing suspects inside Iranian territory.

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• 13 February

  FM to Leave for Syria Tomorrow

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is due to pay a visit to Syria on Wednesday.

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• 13 February

  IAEA Chief Views New N. Countries as No threat

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohammed ElBaradei said the greatest global danger would be posed by nuclear-armed extremist groups and not newly emerging nuclear states.

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• 13 February

  India’s Hinduja, OVL to Ink Pact for Iranian Oil

  TEHRAN (FNA) – India’s Hinduja Group and ONGC Videsh Ltd. hope to ink a pact with Iran to develop oil and gas fields by the end of the month.

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• 13 February

  Iran-Khodro may Part with Chinese Partner

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s largest auto maker, Iran Khodro Investment Development Co, might end partnership with Chinese auto maker Jinhua Youngman Automobile Manufacturing Co Ltd, sources reported.

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• 13 February

  Iran to Provide Najaf Electricity

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran will start development of a power station in Iraq’s Najaf province, a 320 megawatt grant from its neighbor, a provincial spokesman said.

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• 13 February

  Persian Gulf Banks Shield Iran from US Sanctions

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran has reported assistance from Persian Gulf Arab states in shielding Tehran’s banking system, which have been targeted by the United States.

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• 13 February

  Iran to Help Zimbabwe Beat off Sanctions

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran will help Zimbabwe defeat western sanctions by assisting President Robert Mugabe’s government in setting up a farm equipment manufacturing plant, refurbish an oil refinery and expand a power plant, Tehran’s envoy to Harare said on Monday.

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• 12 February

  Gates, Truth and Afghanistan

  By the Bush administration’s standards, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was remarkably candid last week: acknowledging that popular opposition in Europe to the Iraq war was making it harder to persuade European governments to send more troops or take more risks to salvage Afghanistan.

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• 12 February

  Pakistani envoy to Afghanistan missing

  Kabul: Tariq Azizuddin, Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan, has been reported missing, senior Afghan officials confirmed on Monday amid speculation that he had been kidnapped. 

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