Eurasia Press & News

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian and Iraqi officials have agreed to restore border posts ahead of the Iranian president’s first state visit.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s former top nuclear negotiator said that the UN’s nuclear watchdog had enough information from the Islamic Republic about its nuclear program.

Egyptian security forces have raided the houses of Muslim Brotherhood members and arrested more than 90 people from the banned political group, the Muslim Brotherhood said Wednesday on its Web site.

Iran’s Oil Minister Gholam-Hussein Nozari has announced that Tehran will soon close a deal with Russia’s Gazprom to form a joint company for implementing energy projects.

Iraqi radical Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has extended for another six months a cease-fire between his Mahdi army militia and U.S. and Iraqi forces. 

Substitute Friday prayers leader of Tehran Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani here on Friday called on the 8th Majlis elections campaigners to avoid backbiting and defaming their rivals.

Iran’s ambassador to Tajikistan Ali-Asghar Sherdoost said here Friday that Iran has donated 4.5 million liters of fuel, worth about five million dollars, to Tajik citizens in line with its humanitarian efforts.

Iran and Kyrgyzstan here on Friday signed a banking cooperation agreement. Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Kyrgyz Finance Minister Tazhikan Kalimbetova signed the agreement, which calls for establishment of offices of Iranian banks — initially, that of Iranian private bank, the Eqtesad Novin Bank — in Bishkek.The agreement was …

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here late Thursday that mosques are centerpieces of all divine events and a base for guidance of the Islamic society.

Britain’s Treasury on Sunday voiced its readiness to support Islamic bonds, despite the continuing debate over Islamic laws in the country.