TEHRAN (FNA)- The Ministry of Industries and Mines said the country produced 19.7 million tons of cement in the first five months of the current Iranian year (started March 20) showing a 21.5-percent growth over the same period in 2007.

TEHRAN (FNA)- As France endeavors to pry Syria away from Iran, Tehran says warm relations between the two countries do not threaten the Islamic Republic.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Monday said that Iran is opposed to the request of prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for arresting Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir.