Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 24 – Iran has made an official request to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday.
Iran requests membership of Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Iran FM holds talks with Tajik officials
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 24 – Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived in Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan, on Monday and held talks with his Tajik counterpart on bilateral relations.
Iran FM holds talks with Tajik officials
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 24 – Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived in Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan, on Monday and held talks with his Tajik counterpart on bilateral relations.
Unsettled Iran search for elusive win
Reuters: Troubled Iran may have finally put their house in order off the field, but on it things are not looking good for the three-times World Cup qualifiers.
Iran inflation keeps pressure on Ahmadinejad
Reuters: Ali Daryani is embarrassed at the inflationary pain he is passing on to his customers. “Sometimes we have to change the price stickers three times a day because of inflation,” the 42-year-old Tehran grocer said.
Cheney hits out at Iran, Syria as he wraps up Mideast peace push
AFP: US Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday hit out at Iran and Syria as he wrapped up a Middle East peace push, saying they were undermining the renewed but faltering Israeli-Palestinian talks.
Swiss brush aside criticism over gas contract with Iran
The Times: A multibillion-euro Swiss contract to buy natural gas from Iran has provoked threats from Washington, protests from Jewish groups and fuelled mounting concern about Europe’s energy security.
Quake hits northwestern Iran
AFP: An earthquake rocked northwestern Iran on Sunday, state television reported, adding there was no early information on casualties or damage.
Kurds say Iran shells northern Iraq
AP: Iranian artillery shelled three border towns Sunday in northern Iraq where Iranian Kurdish rebels are believed to be operating, an Iraqi Kurdish official said.
Iran rejects Sarkozy’s claim on missile threats
Reuters: Iran on Sunday rejected French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s comments on the necessity to build a strong deterrent against new security threats posed by nuclear-armed Islamic states, a news agency reported.
