Tehran | 9 days ago
Ahmadinejad will not be flogged: Spokesman
Tehran, May 14 - An Iranian government spokesman has dismissed a media report that claimed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad could face 74 lashes for breaking the country's election rules.A British daily reported that Iran's Guardian Council, a constitutional watchdog run by senior clerics, would seek possible charges against the president, after he accompanied his chief of staff Esfandiar Rahim Masha ... read more

Islamabad | 10 days ago
Nawaz Sharif all set for third stint in power in Pakistan
Islamabad, May 12 - Nawaz Sharif was Sunday poised to return to power after a 14-year hiatus and Pakistan was set to make a transition from one democratically elected government to another as most results of the National Assembly polls came in.A beaming Sharif promised change following a bitterly-fought election that saw the country of 180 million face a string of terror attacks. Unfazed voters de ... read more

Islamabad | 10 days ago
World leaders felicitate Nawaz Sharif
Islamabad, May 12 - Leaders of many countries Sunday felicitated Nawaz Sharif on his party's victory in the general elections in Pakistan.Sharif was Sunday poised to return to power after a 14-year hiatus, as results of the elections started trickling in.Those who telephoned Sharif included King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia‚ Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan‚ Uni ... read more

Tehran | 18 days ago
Iran proposes joint investment, new oil contract to India
Tehran, May 4 - Iran Saturday proposed to India joint investments and a production sharing contract for oil exploration as the two countries agreed to expand cooperation in the transport - especially cargo transit from Chabahar port to Afghanistan and energy sectors and building the North-South corridor linking Russia.Meeting under the aegis of the Iran-India Joint Economic Commission, the two sid ... read more

New Delhi | 20 days ago
Khurshid visiting Iran from Friday
New Delhi, May 2 - External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid is paying a three-day visit to Iran from Friday, during which development of the Chabahar port that would provide India a vital link to transport its goods to Afghanistan is to figure prominently.Khurshid is to attend the 17th meeting of the India-Iran Joint Commission May 3-5. He will co-chair the meeting along with his Iranian counterp ... read more

Tehran | 23 days ago
Iran to replace oil revenues with mineral incomes
Tehran, April 30 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that his country can replace its oil revenues with mineral incomes within a few months.I believe that different capacities of the mining sector can be activated within five to six months with the goal of substituting the oil sector, Ahmadinejad said.The sanctions on energy sector of the country should be seen as an opportunity towar ... read more

Tehran | 24 days ago
Iran, India to discuss gas pipeline extension
Tehran, April 29 - Iranian and Indian officials will discuss here the extension of Iran-Pakistan natural gas pipeline to India, Fars news agency reported.The extension project will top the agenda of the talks between two countries at an economic commission meeting this week, Tehran's envoy in New Delhi Gholamreza Ansari was quoted as saying. Ansari said Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi wo ... read more

Tehran | 24 days ago
Iran ready to host meet on Syria
Tehran, April 29 - Iran is ready to host the next meeting of the quartet group on Syria set to begin in near future, the country's foreign minister Ali-Akbar Salehi has said.Salehi, during a joint press conference with visiting Guinea- Bissau's foreign minister, here Sunday said that he had contacted his counterparts in the group -- foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey -- to speed u ... read more

Tehran | 24 days ago
Syria's insecurity to jeopardise entire region: Ahmadinejad
Tehran, April 29 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that insecurity of Syria will jeopardise the whole region.If Syria becomes insecure, the security of other regional countries will be jeopardised, and this will threaten the entire region, reported Xinhua citing Ahmadinejad at a meeting with Essam el-Haddad, advisor to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.Ahmadinejad called for stepp ... read more

Tehran | 25 days ago
Iran, Turkey enjoy common interests: Ahmadinejad
Tehran, April 27 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Saturday said that Iran and Turkey share common interests and must develop bilateral relations for their and the region's benefit.Iran and Turkey are two large countries with plentiful talents, and the development of bilateral relations is in the interests of both countries and the entire region, said Ahmadinejad while meeting with visiting ... read more