Eurasia Press & News

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a message to Ivan Gasparovic extended his congratulations to the Slovakian president, government and nation on the country’s national day.

“It is possible and we can,” said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the banners above Zahedan, vowing to breathe life into this under-developed arid city in southeastern Iran.

Indonesia’s State-run electricity firm PLN said Monday it was sounding out the possibility of securing liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies from Iran to meet the surge in gas demand from its power plants.

Officials from a German symphony orchestra scheduled to play a concert in Tehran this week expressed hope Monday that the visit would improve cultural ties between the two countries.

GHAZNI, Afghanistan – Taliban militants agreed Tuesday to release 19 South Korean church volunteers held hostage for six weeks after Seoul reaffirmed a pledge to withdraw its troops by year’s end and prevent Christian missionaries from working in Afghanistan.The militants apparently backed away from demands for a prisoner exchange. But …

KABUL (Reuters) – More than 100 suspected insurgents were killed in a battle with U.S.-led troops in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.The battle erupted after a convoy of Afghan and U.S. coalition forces came under attack in Shah Wali Kot district in Kandahar province, it said in …

Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel stressed here on Monday that Tehran would never give up even an iota of its nuclear rights.

Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned caretaker of Sweden’s embassy in Tehran on Monday to condemn printing of a blasphemous photo of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) in a Swedish daily.

The United Nations’ residing coordinator in the Islamic Republic of Iran stressed that the US sanctions against Tehran could not prevent the world body from cooperating with Iran.

The United States is not in a position to threaten the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a prominent Iranian lawmaker said, reminding that IRGC is a powerful force with millions of members and supporters.