TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- China and Russia said they would oppose a draft resolution imposing United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program as the Security Council’s five permanent members held their first meeting on the text.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei appointed Brigadier General Ahmad Miqani as the new commander of the Islamic Republic air force here on Saturday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that he would soon introduce lawmaker Mohammad Abbasi to the parliament as his nominee for the post of the Cooperative Minister.