Eurasia Press & News

TEHRAN (FNA)- Indian refiner MRPL will soon conclude a deal to sell 250,000 tons of diesel to Iran over the next eight months, its managing director said on Wednesday, replacing Reliance Industries as a major supplier to the OPEC member.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Thursday condemned a British court ruling paving the way for the lifting of a ban on an anti-Iran terrorist group, and said such a move would promote “terrorism.”

TEHRAN (FNA)- Turkish State Minister for Foreign Trade Kursad Tuzmen said Iran may soon start importing 2 million tons of wheat from his country.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran, one of Thailand’s major rice buyers, is likely to start buying Thai rice in June when prices are expected to drop, a senior Thai trade official said on Thursday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has invested 30 billion dollars in its tourist trade in a bid to fortify its place in the world tourism arena in the next 20 years.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Kazemi Qomi strongly slammed the ongoing US military assaults in Iraq as highly unacceptable.

TEHRAN (FNA)- US anti-war activists protested presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton for her remarks threatening Iran with obliteration.

KABUL (AFP) – Twelve people including three foreign soldiers were killed in a spate of bombings and gun battles in Afghanistan, including one firefight between police and opium growers, officials said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Pentagon said Tuesday that any sizeable increase in much-needed US forces in Afghanistan will depend on deeper troop cuts in Iraq than currently planned.

FAIZABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Jam Bigum, a drug addict in Afghanistan’s impoverished northern province of Badakhshan, feeds her three-month-old son opium three times a day to keep him quiet.