Eurasia Press & News

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the Iraqi government has succeeded in improving the conditions in Iraq in favor of the Iraqi nation and expressed hope that the war-torn country would move forward on the path to reconstruction and national solidarity.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A strong earthquake that shook southern Iran on Wednesday did not damage oil facilities in the port city of Bandar Abbas, home to a major refinery, a senior Iranian oil official said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Washington announced sanctions against Iran’s main shipping company yesterday, broadening its efforts against Tehran’s nuclear program.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A powerful earthquake jolted southern Iran on Wednesday, killing six people, and damaging scores of homes on a resort island in strategic Persian Gulf waters.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The head of Khoy airport in Iran’s West Azarbayjan Province has said that nine infrastructure projects have been launched to provide the airport with up-to-date equipment.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian researchers have successfully produced the world’s first nano- copper ion sensor with a detection limit as low as 9-10 molar.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Removal of the terrorist Mojahideen-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from the UK’s list of terrorist group will have adverse effects on the Tehran-London relations, a senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official said here Wednesday.

KABUL (Reuters) – U.S.-led forces targeted Taliban fighters in eastern and southeast Afghanistan, including veteran commander Jalaluddin Haqqani’s network, killing several militants, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up near a convoy of a U.S. security firm in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Thursday, killing two people and wounding six, the provincial governor’s spokesman said.

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Falah Mohammed peered over his shoulder as he spoke of how militants threatened to kill him and his family unless he quit his government job.