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Syrian president in Iran to discuss Iraq 
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Syrian President Bashar Assad arrived in Iran Saturday to discuss Iraq and other Middle East issues with President Mahmoud Ahmadinajed, state-run television reported.Iran?s Chance: U.S. Troubles in Iraq Create Opening for Regional Shift New York Times - Feb 17 4:26 PM
While American officials have increasingly accused Iran of interfering in Iraq, from Iran?s perspective it is the United States that is meddling in its backyard.Top official: Iran needs nuclear fuel AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 17 3:08 PM
Iran's top leader said Saturday the country's oil and gas reserves will eventually dry up and defended the drive to produce nuclear fuel, claiming it was the only way to avoid dependence on the West for energy.Iran sees no OPEC cut at next meeting AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 17 4:33 PM
Iran's oil minister has predicted OPEC would not need to make a further cut in crude oil production at the cartel's next meeting in March, as long as the price of crude remains stable.Iran's top leader: Oil, gas reserves will dry up, Tehran needs to produce nuclear fuel USA Today - Feb 17 1:50 PM
Iran's top leader said Saturday the country's oil and gas reserves will eventually dry up and defended the drive to produce nuclear fuel, claiming it was the only way to avoid depending on the West for energy.Indian officials to visit Islamabad for Iran pipeline talks AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 17 1:43 PM
Indian oil ministry officials will travel to Islamabad next week to discuss constructing a long-awaited multi-billion dollar gas pipeline from Iran through Pakistan, an official said.Syria's Assad holds talks in Iran over Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 17 12:03 PM
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad discussed instability in Iraq and the crisis in Lebanon with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the start of a two-day visit to Iran on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency said.Syrian President in Iran to Discuss Iraq ABC News - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
Syrian President Bashar Assad Arrives in Iran to Discuss Iraq, Other Mideast IssuesOrder restored after blast at girls school in Iran CNN.com - Feb 17 7:28 AM
Militants detonated a percussion bomb at a girls school in southeastern Iran and opened fire on an electricity plant before fleeing and hiding in a nearby house in Zahedan, according to a Iranian news agency's report.Syria's Assad in Iran for talks on Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 17 5:34 AM
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Iran on Saturday to discuss instability in Iraq and the crisis in Lebanon, the official IRNA news agency reported.Nuclear energy Iran's 'future and destiny': Khamenei AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 17 5:21 AM
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has given his unequivocal backing to Iran's nuclear programme, saying it was the "future and destiny" for a country whose fossil fuels would one day run out.Iran needs nuclear fuel, leader says The State - 29 minutes ago
TEHRAN, Iran Iran s top leader said Saturday the country s oil and gas reserves will eventually dry up and defended the drive to produce nuclear fuel, claiming it was the only way to avoid dependence on the West for energy.Romney: Iran Is 'Suicidal' Nation ABC News - Feb 17 12:51 PM
Presidential Contender Mitt Romney, R-Mass., Says U.S. Should Not Engage With IranIran seeks foreign refinery investors UPI - Feb 17 1:23 PM
Iran's oil minister said Saturday his nation's refining sector could use an influx of about $15 billion to continue its development.New deadly chopper crash in Iran AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 17 2:33 AM
Two people have been killed when their helicopter crashed into a lake in southern Iran while attempting to recover the wreckage of a chopper from a crash two days earlier at the same location.2nd bomb in 2 days explodes in Iran AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 17 1:40 AM
No one was injured in a bombing that took place near the site of an explosion that killed 11 members of the elite Revolutionary Guards in southeastern Iran this week, the country's state-run news agency said on Saturday.Syrian President Arrives In Iran Nasdaq - 1 hour, 22 minutes ago
(RTTNews) - Syrian President Bashar Assad arrived in Iran for talks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinajed on Iraq and other Middle East issues. This is Assad's fifth visit to Iran since he assumed office in 2000. The two countries have been close allies.Syria's Assad due in Iran AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 11:32 PM
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is to visit Iran, his closest regional ally, for talks with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other Iranian leaders, state television said.Khamenei: Iran's Nuclear Program Important to Nation's Future Voice of America - Feb 17 6:33 PM
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the nation's nuclear program is necessary because its vast oil and gas reserves cannot last forever.Iraq says borders with Iran and Syria to re-open Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 11:28 PM
Iraq will re-open its borders with Iran and Syria, closed earlier this week in the initial stages of a security crackdown, a spokesman for the officer overseeing the plan said on Saturday.US piles pressure on Iran as Rice flies into Baghdad Independent - Feb 17 4:26 PM
Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State, made an unannounced visit to Baghdad yesterday to check on the progress of the American-led "surge" against militia violence in the Iraqi capital - violence which Washington is increasingly seeking to blame on Iran.Police, insurgents clash after Iran bomb AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 4:48 PM
Police and insurgents clashed after a bombing in southeastern Iran late Friday near the site where an explosion killed 11 members of the elite Revolutionary Guards this week, Iranian news agencies reported.Iran reiterates need for nuke energy Gulf News - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
Tehran: Iran's top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the country's oil and gas reserves will dry up eventually, thereby justifying Tehran's need to produce nuclear fuel so the country would not have to 'beg the West' for it, state-run television reported.Bush finds Iran's nuclear plans 'troublesome' Indian Express via Yahoo! India News - Feb 17 12:44 PM
The US on Thursday called Iran's nuclear programmes ''very troublesome'' and President George W. Bush said he would take the lead in preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction. Iran has done little to cooperate with UN inspectors examining its nuclear programme, US officials say, reinforcing Washington's view that Tehran is violating the 1970 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and ...Bomb explodes in Iran near last blast AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 3:36 PM
A bomb exploded in southeastern Iran late Friday, near the site where an explosion this week killed 11 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, and clashes broke out afterward between Iranian police and insurgents, Iranian news agencies reported.Bomb explodes in southeastern Iran near site of previous blast Fox21 - Feb 17 4:52 PM
TEHRAN, Iran Iran's state news agency says a bomb has exploded in southeastern Iran near the site where an explosion earlier this week killed eleven members of the elite Revolutionary Guards.Iran police clash with armed group after bomb Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 3:31 PM
Clashes broke out between police and an armed group following a bomb explosion in southeast Iran on Friday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.Iran sees no OPEC cut at next meeting TODAYonline - Feb 17 5:00 PM
Iran's Petroleum minister Sayed Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh poses during the opening session of the 142nd meeting of the OPEC organization in Vienna in September 2006. Vaziri Hamaneh has predicted OPEC would not need to make a further cut in crude oil production at the cartel's next meeting in March, as long as the price of crude remains stable.U.S. denies intent to attack Iran International Herald Tribune - Feb 16 2:37 PM
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said that the United States has no intention of attacking Iran and that any U.S. military efforts against it would be confined to Iraq to disrupt the smuggling of bomb-making materials over the border.Iran's Khamenei Says Nuclear Fuel For Future Energy Needs Nasdaq - Feb 17 9:37 AM
TEHRAN (AP)--Iran's top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the country's oil and gas reserves will dry up eventually, thereby justifying Tehran's need to produce nuclear fuel so the country wouldn't have to beg the West for it, state-run television reported.Explosion kills 11 of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Daily Bulletin - Feb 17 2:22 PM
TEHRAN, Iran - A car bomb killed 11 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday in the deadliest attack in years near the Pakistani border, and Iran accused the United States of backing militants to destabilize the country.Americans Divided on How to Deal with Iran Angus Reid - 4 minutes ago
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Adults in the United States are split on the proper course of action for Iran, according to a poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.Iran, Turkey to make good on opportunities missed for economic cooperation Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 17 3:05 PM
Iran - Turkey - Trade Iranian and Turkish officials are expected to make good on the opportunities the two countries missed so far for economic cooperation, head of Turkish Foreign Trade Organization Tuncer Kayalar said on Saturday .US applauds Japan, EU steps in sanctions on Iran AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 2:46 PM
The United States applauded Japan and the EU for taking steps to conform with UN sanctions against Iran over its disputed nuclear program and indicated it could seek a second UN resolution.Clinton to Bush: Don't strike Iran without Congress' OK Daily Bulletin - Feb 17 2:22 PM
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton warned President Bush on Wednesday not to take any military action against Iran without getting congressional approval first.Transit via Iran shows 10.8 percent increase Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 17 3:05 PM
Iran - Transit Goods transited through Iran reached 4,485,300 tons in the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (started March 20, 2006), indicating 10.8 percent increase compared to the figure for the same period last year.Syrian official calls for access to Iran's experience on free zones Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 17 3:05 PM
Iran - Trade - Syria Head of Syria's Free Zones Ahmad Abdel-Aziz in a meeting with the secretary of Iran's Free Zones Supreme Council, Mahmoud Salahi, on Saturday called for using the country's experience on free zones.N-plan Iran s destiny: Khamenei Dawn - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago
TEHRAN, Feb 17: Iran s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave his unequivocal backing to Tehran s nuclear programme on Saturday, saying it was the future and destiny for a country whose fossil fuels would one day run out.Lebanese cleric hopeful about Iran-Saudi Arabia efforts in Lebanon Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 17 3:03 PM
Lebanon - Qabalan - Iran - Saudi Arabia Deputy President of the Supreme Islamic Council of the Shia Community of Lebanon Sheikh Abd al-Amir Qabalan expressed hope that Iran and Saudi Arabia's mediational efforts to solve Lebanon political crisis can bring positive outcome.Meehan heads to Iraq, plans probe of Iran's insurgent ties Lowell Sun - Feb 17 1:49 PM
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Marty Meehan intends to expand the purpose of his Iraq trip to investigate White House claims that Iran is supplying insurgents with armor-piercing roadside bombs.Bomb blast in Iran, police clash with gunmen Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 12:47 PM
Clashes broke out between police and an armed group following a bomb explosion in southeast Iran on Friday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Friday.No casualties reported in Iran blast The Washington Times - Feb 17 8:24 AM
Police in Zahedan, Iran, report no casualties in a bomb blast at a girls' school in Zahedan two days after a car bomb in the city killed 11 people. The FARS news agency reported Jondollah leader Abdolmalek Rigy claimed responsibility for the Friday night explosion.Indian officials to visit Islamabad for Iran pipeline talks TODAYonline - Feb 17 2:00 PM
Indian Petroleum Minister Murli Deora arrives at the Parliament in New Delhi in 2006. Indian oil ministry officials will travel to Islamabad next week to discuss constructing a long-awaited multi-billion dollar gas pipeline from Iran through Pakistan, an official said.Bomb blast in southeast Iran: official news agency Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 12:11 PM
A bomb exploded in southeastern Iran on Friday, the official IRNA news agency reported without giving details.Govt works out its roadmap for UN sanctions against Iran Express India - Feb 17 12:44 PM
Shortly before External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee visited Iran, the Centre had initiated an action plan to implement sanctions imposed by the United Nations against Tehran under UNSC Resolution 1737India to decide on Iran-Pak-India gas pipeline by mid-2007 ANI via Yahoo! India News - Feb 17 7:45 AM
Mumbai, Feb 17 (ANI):India on Saturday said that the final decision on the much-awaited Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline would be taken by mid-2007. "Petroleum Minister has announced that if everything goes alright then it would be possible to take the final decision by middle of this year," External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said this to reporters on the sidelines of a business conclave ...Syria's Assad arrives in Iran Channel NewsAsia - Feb 17 10:34 AM
TEHRAN - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday arrived in Iran, his country's closest regional ally, for talks with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other Iranian leaders, official media said.US set to attack Iran, says report Deccan Herald - Feb 17 2:07 PM
The Bush administration s preparation to strike Iran is complete with the top commander of the US Central Command having received computerised plans for Operation Iranian Freedom , a report has said.India's anti-Iran votes were coerced, says former US official Payvand Iran News - Feb 17 9:09 AM
Stephen G. Rademaker, a former ranking official of the Bush administration has acknowledged that India's votes against Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) were 'coerced'.Iran arrests bomb suspects, police say U.S. link Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 9:17 AM
Iran has arrested some 65 men suspected of being behind a deadly bombing that killed members of the elite Revolutionary Guards in a southeastern border province, the student news agency ISNA said on Friday.Iran gains highest scientific growth rate in ME Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 17 8:23 AM
Iran - Science - Larijani An Iranian academician said on Saturday that Iran has gained the highest scientific achievement in the Middle East region in the past five years.OIC supports Iran's quest to go nuclear AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 9:46 AM
Lawmakers from member states of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference backed Iran's nuclear programme, at a meeting in the Malaysian capital.Bomb explodes in southeastern Iran near site of previous blast Ashland Daily Tidings - Feb 17 1:22 PM
TEHRAN, Iran Police and insurgents clashed after a bombing in southeastern Iran late Friday near the site where an explosion killed 11 members of the elite Revolutionary Guards this week, Iranian news agencies reported.Al-Assad visits close ally Iran EuroNews - Feb 17 11:20 AM
The president of Syria, Iran's closest ally in the Middle East, has arrived in Tehran for a two-day visit.Expert Discusses Iran's Quds Force And U.S. Charges Concerning Iraq Payvand Iran News - Feb 17 9:10 AM
Bush recently accused Iran's Quds Force of supplying weapons, including armor-piercing bombs, that were used to kill U.S. soldiers. RFE/RL talks about the Quds Force and its alleged role in Iraq with Mahan Abedin, director of research at the London-based Center for the Study of Terrorism and editor of "Islamism Digest" journal.Iran and Syria vow alliance against US, Israel Khaleej Times - Feb 17 10:18 AM
TEHERAN - The presidents of Iran and Syria on Saturday vowed alliance against what they called US and Israeli conspiracies against the Islamic world.Iran seeks foreign refinery investors Moldova.org - Feb 17 1:43 PM
Iran's oil minister said Saturday his nation's refining sector could use an influx of about $15 billion to continue its development.Kaze Vaziri-Hameneh told an industry conference in Tehran that private-sector capital would be required from both domestic and foreign sources in order to increase Iranian production of gasoline and kerosene.This will be an appropriate opportunity for cooperation ...Iran arrests dozens suspected of deadly bombing role Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 9:08 AM
Iran has arrested some 65 men suspected of being behind a deadly bombing that killed members of the country's elite Revolutionary Guards in a southeastern border province, the student news agency ISNA said on Friday.Iran's oil refining industry needs dlrs 15b investment: Oil Minister Payvand Iran News - Feb 17 9:11 AM
Vaziri-Hamaneh was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the first two-day international Iran Oil Refining Forum (IOR), which opened in Tehran on Saturday. Forty-five Iranian and three foreign companies are participating in the exhibition. -IRNASyria-Iran vow to oppose US Gulf Daily News - Feb 17 4:20 PM
TEHRAN: Close allies President Bashar Al Assad of Syria and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday pledged they would work together to confront US and Israeli "plots" in the Middle East. Assad had earlier arrived in Iran for a two-day visit aimed at further bolstering ties, his second trip to the Islamic republic since Ahmadinejad took power in August 2005. The two men warned ...Nuclear energy Iran's 'future and destiny' Middle East Times - Feb 17 6:44 AM
NUCLEAR FUTURE: Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei backed Iran s nuclear program February 17. He also accused other nations of wanting to take hold of the destiny of the world s energy.Treasury names Iran firms weapons proliferators Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 8:14 AM
Stepping up the Bush administration's financial pressure on Iran over its nuclear program, the U.S. Treasury Department labeled three Iranian companies on Friday as proliferators of weapons of mass destruction, banning U.S. transactions with them.Nuclear energy Iran's 'future and destiny': Khamenei AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Feb 17 4:16 AM
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has described Iran's nuclear programme as its "future and destiny", lashing out at critics who have said the drive could come at too great a cost.America-Iran Cold War in Iraq News From Bangladesh - Feb 17 10:32 AM
There is great tension between Iran, that wants to continue its nuclear enrichment programme & America that wants to abandon it. As far as United Nations Organisation is concerned, it has also imposed sanctions against Iran in December 2006, for not stopping its nuclear enrichment programme.Iran finds explosives after school bombing EARTHtimes.org - Feb 17 12:55 PM
Police told Iran's FARS news agency that they had recovered 120 pounds of explosives along with unspecified documents establishing a link between U.S. forces and the recent bombings in Zahden.U.S., developing nations accept Iran aid cut plan Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 6:37 AM
Western and developing nations broadly accept a U.N. nuclear agency plan to cut almost half its aid projects in Iran, diplomats say, easing fears of a row over how strictly to apply U.N. sanctions against Tehran.Decision on pricing of transport of gas from Iran likely by year- end Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 17 8:34 AM
India - IPI - Pranab India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Saturday, while speaking on Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline, that discussions were in progress between India and Pakistan about the pricing of transportation of gas from the Iran-Pakistan to border to the India-Pakistan border and a decision was likely by the end of the year.Regional problems to be solved through Iran-Syria cooperation Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 17 7:32 AM
Syria - Cooperation - Iran Head of Syrian Foreign Ministry Research Department, Samir al-Taki said here Saturday that the problems associated with the US aggression against Iraq and that of Israel against Palestinian people can be solved through Iran-Syria cooperation.Iran, Kyrgyzstan to jointly run economic data bank Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 17 7:34 AM
Iran - Kyrgyzstan - Cooperation Director General for Iran's Chamber of Cooperatives Mohammad Reza Ramezani said here Saturday that the Islamic Republic of Iran and Kyrgyzstan are to establish a jointly run economic data bank to help promote business cooperation between the two countries.Nuclear energy Iran s future and destiny : Khamenei Khaleej Times - Feb 17 7:13 AM
TEHERAN - Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave his unequivocal backing to Iran s nuclear programme on Saturday, saying it was the future and destiny for a country whose fossil fuels would one day run out.Iran and Kyrgyzstan to set up joint trade databank mehrnews.com - Feb 17 12:18 PM
TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (MNA) In a bid to help boost their trade exchanges, Iran and Kyrgyzstan have agreed to set up a joint trade databank.Walter C. Uhler: Israel's Bomb, Iran's Pursuit of the Bomb and U.S. War Preparations (Part Three) HuffingtonPost - Feb 16 3:47 PM
Four years after the Bush administration duped Americans into believing that Saddam Hussein was somehow involved in the al Qaeda terrorist attacks that rocked the United States on 9/11, Bush administration officials - prodded by Israel - are now asking Americans to believe that Iran either has the bomb or is vigorously pursuing it. As former weapons inspector, Scott Ritter, put it in his ...Police, Insurgents Clash After Iran Bomb CBS News - Feb 16 4:09 PM
Police and insurgents clashed after a bombing in southeastern Iran late Friday near the site where an explosion killed 11 members of the elite Revolutionary Guards this week, Iranian news agencies reported. "Minutes ago, the sound of a bomb explosion was heard in one of Zahedan's streets," the state-run news agency IRNA said, without giving more details. The semiofficial Fars news agency said ...Khamenei: Nuclear energy Iran's 'future' Middle East Online - Feb 17 6:49 AM
Iran leader says country's oil, gas reserves would not last forever , warns against depending on foreign energy.Indo-Iran gas pricing likely by year end: Govt NDTV - Feb 17 4:16 AM
The government on Saturday said the price of gas to be imported from Iran through a proposed tri-nation pipeline could be finalised by the year-end. Indian and Pakistani officials would soon start deliberations on the matter.Pelosi: Bush lacks power to invade Iran USA Today - Feb 16 5:51 AM
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that President Bush lacks the authority to invade Iran without specific approval from Congress. It was a fresh challenge to the commander in chief on the eve of a symbolic vote critical of his troop buildup in Iraq.Iran-U.S. talks not a taboo: envoy mehrnews.com - Feb 17 11:37 AM
TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (MNA) -- Iran s Ambassador to Paris Ali Ahani has said that holding talks between Iran and the United States should not be considered as a taboo. Indo-Iran gas pricing likely by year end: Govt Central Chronicle - Feb 17 9:12 AM
Mumbai, Feb 17: The government on Saturday said the price of gas to be imported from Iran through a proposed tri-nation pipeline could be finalised by the year-end.Iran has best investment security in region: economy minister mehrnews.com - Feb 17 11:38 AM
TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (MNA) -- Iranian Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs said here on Saturday that Iran is the most secure regional country for investment.Syria, Iran vow unity against US plots AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 17 11:22 AM
Close allies President Bashar al-Assad of Syria and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pledged they would work together to confront US and Israeli "plots" in the Middle East.Clashes, second explosion reported in southeastern Iran Pioneer Press - Feb 17 1:03 AM
TEHRAN, Iran Police and insurgents clashed after a bombing in southeastern Iran late Friday near the site where an explosion killed 11 members of the elite Revolutionary Guards this week, Iranian news agencies reported. "Minutes ago, the sound of a bomb explosion was heard in one of Zahedan's streets," the state-run news agency IRNA said, without giving more details. The semiofficial Fars news ...Who will go first: George Bush or the Islamic Regime of Iran? Kurdish Media - Feb 17 6:38 AM
Since George W. Bush branded the Islamic Regime of Iran as part of the axis of evil there have been growing speculations that the US administration would attempt to change the Iranian regime, even if by force.Iran's oil refining industry needs dlrs 15b investment: minister Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 17 4:20 AM
Iran - Oil - Minister Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh said here Saturday that oil refining industry of the country needs a 15-billion-dollar investment for its development.Iran police clash with armed group after bomb Kavkaz Center - Feb 17 6:46 AM
Clashes broke out between police and an armed group following a bomb explosion in southeast Iran on Friday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. The device in the city of Zahedan caused no casualties, an official was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying on Saturday.2 killed in copter crash in southern Iran Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 17 2:38 AM
Iran - Copter - Crash A helicopter crashed in a lake in eastern Shiraz, capital of this southern province, before noon Saturday killing its two people on board.MP says Switzerland plans to guarantee enrichment in Iran Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 17 3:47 AM
Iran - MP - Nuclear A Majlis deputy said here Saturday that a plan has been presented by Switzerland to settle the dispute between the West and Iran over the latter's peaceful nuclear activities and guarantee enrichment inside Iranian territory.US not seeking Iran showdown: Pentagon official AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 17 9:35 AM
Washington is not seeking a military confrontation with Tehran over its controversial nuclear programme, a senior Pentagon official told a Gulf security conference.Readers against war with Iran, poll finds The Decatur Daily - Feb 17 2:59 AM
By a 2-to-1 margin in an online poll, Daily readers opposed war with Iran. Should the United States go to war with Iran? the poll asked. Of 186 readers responding, 120 (64.5 percent) said no and 66 said yes.Envoy: Iran's cooperation with IAEA focal point of N-policy Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 17 3:02 AM
Iran - Philippines - Envoy - Nuclear Iranian Ambassador to the Philippines Jalal Kalantari said in Manila on Friday that Iran's technical and legal cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was the focal point of its nuclear policy.Iran condemns unilateralism in all its forms in int'l relations: envoy Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 17 2:17 AM
Iran - Philippines - Envoy Iranian Ambassador to the Philippines Jalal Kalantari said in Manila on Friday that Iran condemns hegemony and unilateralism in all its forms in international relations including military attack or occupation of countries.Iran sees no OPEC cut at next meeting Khaleej Times - Feb 17 3:14 AM
TEHERAN - Iran s oil minister on Saturday predicted OPEC would not need to make a further cut in crude oil production at the cartel s next meeting in March, as long as the price of crude remains stable.Quake hits southeastern Iran Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 17 12:38 AM
Iran - Quake - Kerman An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale jolted outskirts of the city of Ravar in the southeastern province of Kerman early Saturday.30k Austrian Guns to Be Exported to Iran AP via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 16 12:54 PM
Austrian authorities have approved the export of 30,000 handguns to Iran, local media reported Friday, days after a report surfaced that sophisticated Austrian rifles were finding their way into the hands of Iraqi insurgents.Iraq to reopen borders with Iran, Syria News Interactive - Feb 17 12:39 AM
IRAQ will reopen its borders with Iran and Syria, closed earlier this week in the initial stages of a security crackdown.Iran's foreign policy supports establishment of global peace: envoy Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 17 2:02 AM
Iran - Philippines - Envoy Iranian Ambassador to the Philippines Jalal Kalantari said in Manila on Friday that establishment of peace and friendship throughout the world and consolidation of constructive ties with all countries based on mutual respect and common interests were goals of Iranian foreign policy.No casualties reported in Iran blast EARTHtimes.org - Feb 17 5:25 AM
Police in Zahedan, Iran, report no casualties in a bomb blast at a girls' school in Zahedan two days after a car bomb in the city killed 11 people.Iran-Pak-India gas pricing likely by year-end: Govt Outlook India - Feb 17 4:24 AM
The government today said the price of gas to be imported from Iran through a proposed tri-nation pipeline could be finalised by the year-end and Indian and Pakistani officials would soon start deliberations on the matter.Iran's Oil Min: No OPEC Output Cut If Upward Price Stays CattleNetwork.com - Feb 17 5:22 AM
TEHRAN (Dow Jones)--The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries won't institute any further cut in its output ceiling at its March meeting in Vienna if the price of crude oil maintains its current upward trend, Iran's Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh said Saturday.Bush all set to attack Iran: report New Kerala - Feb 17 4:04 AM
London, Feb 17: The Bush administration's preparation to strike Iran is complete with the top commander of the US Central Command having received computerised plans for "Operation Iranian Freedom", a report has said.Iran invites interested countries to invest in oil pipeline Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 17 1:19 AM
Iran - Pipeline - Investment Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Mohammad-Reza Nematzadeh on Saturday invited foreign countries to invest in a new Tehran project to build an oil pipeline from the north to the south of the country.