TEHRAN (FNA) While Turkmenistan’s economic officials insist that the country cut gas to Iran 12 days ago because of a technical fault with the export pipeline, Ashgabat’s political circles blame a failure by Iran to pay for supplies as a second cause of the disruption.

TEHRAN (FNA) Iran on Sunday criticized Washington for using President Bush’s Middle East tour to spread anti-Iranian sentiment in the region.

TEHRAN (FNA) Iran reiterated decisiveness to resolve the nuclear issue by answering the remaining questions about its nuclear activities within one month, a crucial step which will complete the implementation of a work plan agreed between the IAEA Secretariat and Iran in August 2007.