Eurasia Press & News

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Tuesday communicated a law with the justice ministry requiring implementation of an agreement between Iran and Armenia on the extradition of criminals.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel is slated to visit Egypt in February, rapporteur of the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said here on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) continued talks in Tehran on Tuesday to resolve differences remaining between the two sides about Iran’s nuclear programs.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A senior Iranian foreign ministry official voiced strong protest against Germany for imprisoning an Iranian national for 15 years.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Egypt’s deputy foreign minister is scheduled to arrive here in Tehran Tuesday night.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Khesht in Iran’s southern province of Fars on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran aims to end gasoline rationing by March 2009 through expanding domestic production of fuel and encouraging the use of vehicles powered by natural gas, an Iranian oil official said on Monday.

Hundreds of Taliban fighters retreated in trucks and motorbikes from a key southern Afghan community they overran last February as Afghan and international troops closed in on the town’s center.

Kabul – After six years of war, thousands of casualties and billions of dollars spent, the Taliban remains a bold force to be reckoned with, and seems far from being eliminated. As the first flakes of snow fall on the mountains, yet another year is passing without any clear hope …

The European Union joined the United States on Monday in expressing concern about new Israeli settlement activity and urged Israel to stick to its commitments in Middle East peace efforts.