Eurasia Press & News

ANKARA, Turkey — Prosecutors have charged five people in connection with the murder last week of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. The suspects include the confessed triggerman Ogun Samast, 17.

BUCHAREST, Romania — Some 400 Chinese women working in a textile factory in the northern Romanian town of Bacau have called a strike to protest wages and living conditions.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An Iranian lawmaker said here on Saturday that US President’s recent order for the US army to arrest and kill Iranians in Iraq illustrates that Bush is fearful of the development of Tehran-Baghdad relations.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergey Martynov here on Saturday underlined the need for the settlement of Iran’s nuclear case through talks.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said here on Saturday that the US is seeking to foment and intensify ethnic and religious conflicts in the region in a bid to make up for the failures it has experienced so far.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Secretary of the Islamic Republic’s Expediency Council Mohsen Reza’ee said that the Untied States and Europe have desperately asked Iran to assist them with the issues of Iraq and Lebanon.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Russia’s National Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov is due to arrive in Tehran on Sunday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran has invited the Iraqi and Syrian presidents to Tehran for a weekend summit with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to hash out ways to cooperate in curbing the runaway violence that has taken Iraq to the verge of civil war and threatens to spread through the region.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran, Pakistan and India have agreed on a pricing formula for the delivery of Iranian gas via a $7bln pipeline, a top Iranian oil ministry official has said.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- North Korea dismissed allegations Saturday that the communist regime is cooperating with Iran in nuclear development, accusing Western media of spreading the rumor to mislead public opinion.