Eurasia Press & News

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi dictator who spent his last years in captivity after his ruthless regime was toppled by the U.S.-led coalition in 2003, was hanged before dawn Saturday for crimes committed in a brutal crackdown during his reign. The execution took place shortly after …

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Ali Larijani Wednesday appointed a committee to examine restricting Iran’s ties with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- President Ahmadinejad’s letter to the pope is a non-political message stressing the establishment of new relations in the international arena

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian and Chinese officials here on Wednesday signed an agreement to facilitate tour packages to Iran for the Chinese nationals.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Deputy Foreign Minister for Consulate and Parliamentary Affairs Hamid Reza Asefi described the UN Security Council Resolution 1737 on Iran’s nuclear activities as an illegal

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki left Tehran for the Vatican on Wednesday to convey President Ahmadinejad’s message to the world Catholic Church leader Pope Benedict XVI.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A parliament approval here on Wednesday urged the Iranian government to reconsider its cooperation and relations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- First Vice President Parviz Davoodi called for the immediate release of the two Iranian diplomats who have been arrested by the US military troops while on an official visit to Iraq.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iraq’s Finance Minister Bayan Jabr said that his government has launched all-out efforts to set free the two Iranian diplomats who were kidnapped by the US military troops in Iraq.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Lebanon’s outgoing ambassador to Tehran met with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here on Tuesday.