Eurasia Press & News

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Interior Minister Ali Kordan said here Thursday that no Taliban militia is in Iran and in custody there.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Jordan said Iran plays a key role in establishing security in the Middle East and is also influential in fighting against terrorism.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Cultural Director of Tehran Province Endowments and Charity Affairs Department Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Mehdi Hatami announced that the martyrdom ceremony of Imam Jafar Sadeq (AS) will be held on Oct. 25 in 40 different locations in Tehran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The deputy chief of the General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces said on Wednesday that any aggression on Iran will drive the country’s operation beyond its borders.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari on Thursday called for a two million barrel reduction in OPEC production level to stabilize falling prices in the light of the global economic crisis.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Pakistan said they are willing to undertake bilaterally a stalled multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline even if India does not join the project.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said in Manama on Wednesday that his country’s dispute with the UAE over the three Iranian islands of the Greater Tunb, the Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa should be resolved through mutual dialogue.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s parliament has for the first time united to condemn terrorism, which members said posed a grave danger to stability, and has begun to “take ownership” of policy to tackle it, analysts said on Thursday.

VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania’s main center-right opposition party, heading for victory in the second round of elections Sunday, is set to woo smaller liberal groups and a new party run by a TV star as its coalition partners.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia, which sent a warship to Somalia’s coast to combat pirates, asked the African nation on Thursday for carte blanche to use force in its territorial waters.