TEHRAN (FNA)- The United States is putting pressure on Iraqis to accept a security pact that outlines deployment of US troops in Iraq, an influential Iranian cleric said on Friday, after Baghdad called for changes to the draft.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Farooq Naek Friday told the Senate that the government is committed to implement Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov voiced his country’s support for the idea of allowing the US troops to stay in Iraq under an extended United Nations mandate.