August, 2007

• 5 August

  No deal yet on Afghan hostage talks venue: Taliban

  GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents said on Sunday there was still no agreement on where to hold direct talks with South Korean diplomats seeking the release of 21 of their countrymen kidnapped more than two weeks ago. A South Korean delegation was in Ghazni province, southwest of Kabul, where …

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• 5 August

  Iranian President Due to Visit Turkmenistan

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to leave Tehran for the Turkmen capital city of Ashgabat on a two-day visit starting on August 14.

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• 5 August

  Iran’s Tea Exports Amount to 23,000 Tons in Spring

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The Islamic Republic of Iran has exported 23,100 tons of dried tea to various world countries, customs department said.

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• 5 August

  Turkish Company Looking for Iran Gas Deal

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A major Turkish oil distributor says it has reached a joint venture deal to bid for oil and gas exploration contracts in Iran.

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• 5 August

  Iran to Build Oil Refinery, Chemical Plant in Senegal

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran will build an oil refinery and petrochemical plant in Senegal and speed up plans to construct a car factory there, the West African country’s government said in a statement published on Friday.

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• 5 August

  Iraqi PM Set to Visit Iran

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit Turkey to discuss Ankara’s mounting concern about Kurdish separatism next week and then continue to Iran for security talks, an official said.

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• 5 August

  US Seeks Hegemony over Middle-East

   TEHERAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized the US for its plan to increase weapons sales to several Arab countries and step up military aid to Israel, saying Washington was trying to impose its dominance on the Middle East.

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• 5 August

  US Playing a Suspicious Game in Iraq

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- US is projecting the responsibility of its failures on other actors in a bid to hide its actual intentions and policies on Iraq, an informed source said, viewing the United States’ instrumental approach towards Iraq’s issues as a suspicious game.

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• 4 August

  353 U.S. military deaths in Central Asia

  As of Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, at least 353 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 28, 2007.

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• 4 August

  Taliban wants neutral venue for hostage talks

  Afghanistan’s Taliban was holding out for a neutral venue for talks with South Korea over the fate of 21 hostages they are threatening to kill.

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