Eurasia Press & News

NICOSIA, Nov. 5 – Thirteen European parliamentarians will join pro-Palestinian peace activists on their third voyage to the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday, organizers of the trip said in a statement.

GAZA, Nov. 5 – Israeli forces arrested 13 Palestinians in separate raids in the occupied West Bank and in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said on Wednesday.

There have been harsh words for the United States from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, making his first state of the nation address.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Commercial Attaché to Islamabad Ahmad Fasihi stated that during the past six months his country’s exports increased by 11.5 per cent and reached $129 million whereas Pakistan’s export to Iran increased by 69% and amounted to $118 million compared to the same period last year.

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.