Eurasia Press & News

TEHRAN (FNA)- Workgroups from Iran, Azerbaijan and Russia are due to convene in a meeting in Saint Petersburg from 17 to 19 November to discuss a feasibility study over the North-South railway, which is due to link Russia to Iran via Azerbaijan.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Five Parliament deputies will visit Brussels for three days, in order to follow up on Iran’s nuclear case among other issues.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian pistachio, which ranks as one of the country’s largest export items next to oil and gas, is down to one-third of its usual crop due to frost.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The 26th edition of the Havana International Business Fair entered its second day Tuesday, dedicating this time to Uruguay, Canada and Iran, sources from the organizing committee said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said on Tuesday that Iranian experts had produced new stealth micro submarines, vessels and lightweight aircraft.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would soon name a caretaker to head the Interior Ministry, a senior presidential aide said after the parliament sacked former minister Ali Kordan in an impeachment session on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale jolted the port city of Bandar Kong in Iran’s southeastern province of Hormozgan Wednesday morning.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian parliament on Tuesday voted to sack Interior Minister Ali Kordan for lying about his credentials and presenting a fake degree from a prestigious British university.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Deputies of Iranian and South Korean foreign ministers in Seoul emphasized the need to upgrade cooperation.

04 November 2008 Podgorica – Montenegro police are denying reports that those who ordered the murder of high-profile Croatian journalist Ivo Pukanic and his marketing chief, Niko Franjic are Montenegrin nationals.