Reuters: Iran is aiming to commission its first nuclear power plant in 2009 after years of delays, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.
Iran aims for 2009 launch of nuclear plant
Iran ready for gas venture with Russia, Qatar
Reuters: Iran is ready to set up a joint firm with Russia and Qatar but has no plans to export Iranian gas to Qatari plants so that it could be turned into liquefied natural gas (LNG), IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.
U.N. chief raises concerns about Iranians in Iraq
Reuters: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has raised concerns about nearly 3,500 opposition Iranians living in exile in Iraq and regarded as terrorists by the Baghdad government, which wants to expel them.
Iran interior minister nominee wins slim parliament vote
AFP: The Iranian parliament on Tuesday approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's nominee as interior minister by a thin margin, two weeks after it sacked his predecessor for lying about his credentials.
Iran, Turkey sign gas deal
Iran Focus: London, Nov. 18 – Iran and Turkey on Monday signed an accord reinforcing agreements to develop Iranian gas fields and on the transit of Iranian gas to Europe, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Iran, Turkey sign gas deal
Iran Focus: London, Nov. 18 – Iran and Turkey on Monday signed an accord reinforcing agreements to develop Iranian gas fields and on the transit of Iranian gas to Europe, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Iran speaker urges Iraq to resist U.S. pact
Reuters: Iran's parliament speaker urged Iraqi lawmakers to keep resisting a security pact with the United States, official media said Tuesday, a day after Baghdad signed an accord on U.S. troop presence in Iraq.
Iran MPs approve Ahmadinejad’s interior minister
Reuters: Iran's parliament narrowly approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's choice for interior minister on Tuesday, after the previous minister was sacked in a vote by lawmakers over a fake university degree.
Iran increases rice imports
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 18 – Iran has imported some 630,000 tons of rice, worth 271 million dollars, in the first seven months of the Persian calendar year.
Iran increases rice imports
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 18 – Iran has imported some 630,000 tons of rice, worth 271 million dollars, in the first seven months of the Persian calendar year.


