Eurasia Press & News

SERPUKHOV, Russia (Reuters) – A Russian opposition activist accused the authorities of “cynical and immoral” behavior on Thursday after police briefly held two busloads of activists as they traveled to a colleague’s funeral.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) – Iranian security forces killed 5 terrorists and arrested 15 more in clashes in a southeastern region on Thursday, saying they had planned to detonate bombs in the country.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov voiced Moscow’s support for continued cooperation between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), reiterating that his country’s demand for a full settlement of Iran’s nuclear issue.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with Russia’s Atomic Energy Chief Sergei Kiriyenko in Moscow on Thursday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Phase 12 of South Pars (SP) gas field would earn Iran six billion dollars, 5.3 percent of gross national product (GNP), per year if the lowest prices were considered, said Petropars Company managing director here on Thursday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Abu Dhabi National Energy Co TAQA.AD (Taqa) said it is in early talks to import natural gas from Iran to the United Arab Emirates, and invest in the Iranian energy industry, including in power.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The volume of Iran-Russia trade and business transactions was equal to $2.294 billion in the first nine months of 2007, which is double the value of the same period in 2006

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Thursday telephoned his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika to condemn the deadly attacks in Algiers that claimed dozens of lives.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A car to be made by Iran, Malaysia and Turkey will be launched in 2011, the head of the Middle East’s biggest carmaker and partner in the project, Iran Khodro, said on Wednesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- China’s Sinopec Corp has agreed to buy from National Iranian Oil Company about 160,000 barrels per day of crude under a one-year pact for 2008, nearly tripling the current level, a trading source said on Thursday.