TEHRAN (FNA)- Pressure for a cut in oil output at next week’s OPEC meeting in Vienna stepped up today when Iran’s OPEC governor said an oil price of $100 per barrel was “appropriate” in current conditions.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed sanctions by the world powers against his country as illegal, and said that Iran may impose sanctions against the world’s predominant forces in response.

TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale jolted the areas in the vicinity of Iran-Iraq border in Iran’s southwestern province of Ilam on Thursday.