Eurasia Press & News

A pro-Russian breakaway region in the Caucasus mountains said on Wednesday it had asked the world community to recognize its independence from Georgia following the West’s support for Kosovo’s secession.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Foreign clerics residing in Iran congregated in front of Denmark’s embassy in Tehran on Thursday to voice strong protest against repeated release of cartoons in Danish press insulting Islamic values and Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).

TEHRAN (FNA)- This Friday Iranians are expected to stage a massive turnout in parliamentary elections seen as a message to the West.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran will sign a final agreement to export gas via pipeline to Pakistan in April, officials said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on Tuesday lauded Iran’s positive role in the development of his country.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Qatar’s Energy Minister Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah warned Wednesday that crude oil prices could reach 300 dollars per barrel or more if the United States were to attack Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian state oil company and Vietnamese oil group Petrovietnam signed a $115 million deal for the exploration of Iran’s southwestern Dana oilfield near Iraq.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has made an offer to Iranian metallurgical company of Esfahan on the purchase of a controlling stake in it, Chairman of the Russian steel company’s Board of Directors Viktor Rasnikov told journalists Thursday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – It was an incident that aptly summed up the fog of war in Iraq — relatives burying nine women and a child they said were victims of a bomb attack on a bus in which the U.S. military said no one died.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed four Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, hours after the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers demanded a halt to all Israeli “aggression” as a condition for a ceasefire.