January, 2008

• 31 January

  Iran Pledges Support for Construction of Industrial Park in Sri Lanka

  TEHRAN (FNA) – A visiting Iranian delegation said in a meeting with Sri Lanka’s Minister of Urban and Sacred Area Development Dinesh Gunawardene on Wednesday that Tehran would assist Colombo in constructing industrial parks.

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• 31 January

  Brazil’s Petrobras Likely to Explore Iran’s Caspian Sea

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Brazil’s federal energy company Petrobras is in advanced talks with Iran to explore deepwater in the Caspian Sea, a senior Iranian oil official said.

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• 31 January

  Sino-Iran 2007 Trade Volume Exceeds US$20 bln

  TEHRAN (FNA) – According to the latest statistics from Iran, the total trade volume between Iran and China exceeded US$20 billion in 2007, soaring more than 38% from the previous year.

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• 31 January

  Belgium Praises Iran’s Regional Role

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht said Iran plays a “quite constructive and significant” role in the Middle East region.

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• 31 January

  Turkey Rejects US Bank Request on Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA) – A Turkish official has refused a US request to scrutinize and then suspend the activities of the Turkey-based Iran’s Bank Mellat.

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• 31 January

  Diplomat Sees Better Iran-Iraq Ties

  TEHRAN (FNA) – A top Iraqi diplomat said Wednesday his country’s relations with Iran were improving and downplayed the role of the US presidential election campaign on the timing and manner of the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.

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• 31 January

  Iran’s Oil Minster Sees No Need for OPEC Output Rise

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said on Thursday that oil markets were well supplied and he saw no need for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to boost production at its meeting on Friday.

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• 31 January

  Egyptian President Meets Iranian Parliament Speaker

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s top legislative official who met Wednesday with Egypt’s president said the two countries could soon restore diplomatic relations severed nearly three decades ago.

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• 31 January

  S. Africa Calls for Delayed UN Resolution against Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA) – A one month delay to consider a new UN Security Council draft resolution against Iran’s nuclear program would not be a disaster, a South African official said on Thursday.

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• 31 January

  Iran’s FM in Ethiopia for AU Summit

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Thursday to attend the 10th summit of the African Union.

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