Iran’s new top nuclear negotiator will hold his first meeting with the EU’s foreign policy chief over Tehran’s nuclear program today in Rome.

After winning an oil and gas tender in Qatar recently, Indonesian state oil and gas company PT Pertamina is now setting its sights on an exploration right in Iran.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday praised growing economic and political cooperation with Armenia, shoring up closer ties between Tehran and Yerevan.