Eurasia Press & News

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Saturday summoned Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Tehran to voice Iran’s protest at the baseless allegations made in certain media of that country.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to leave Tehran for Mecca, Saudi Arabia on a hajj pilgrimage on Monday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Defense Ministry Saturday said it has launched production of a new generation of long and medium-range RADAR systems.

DIWANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) – A former police chief in southern Iraq has been arrested and accused of assisting insurgents, police said on Saturday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Saturday it had no plans for a major build-up of forces following its decision to freeze compliance with the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran is prepared to build residential units in Iraq, given the existing potentials as well as the housing shortage in that country, Iran’s Housing Minister Mohammad Saidi-Kia said in a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart here on Saturday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Justice Minister Gholam Hossein Elham in a meeting with his Tanzanian counterpart here on Saturday said the two countries share common international stances

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a message to Nursultan Nazarbayev on Saturday felicitated the Kazakh president, government and nation on the country’s national day.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran may become a “major” gas supplier to neighboring Persian Gulf Arab states even as the US pushes for more sanctions against the Islamic Republic, the head of an Abu Dhabi state-controlled energy company said.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The timing of Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon’s visit to Iran will inevitably lead to speculation that India has decided to take forward its relationship with Iran after a US intelligence report endorsed the peaceful nature of its nuclear program.