Iran News

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani lashed out on Wednesday at the security deal being negotiated between Baghdad and Washington, saying it impinged on Iraqi sovereignty.

TEHRAN (FNA)-The ongoing global financial crisis has made it truly difficult for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to sustain oil prices by cutting the output, observers say.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Parliamentary friendship groups of Iran and Bahrain signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Manama on Thursday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The US is unlikely to attack Iran in the midst of the global economic crisis, a key Iranian official said in Bahrain last night.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian officials said all Iraqi ethnic and political groups should stand in unity in negotiations with Washington over the long-term security arrangement.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Interior Minister Ali Kordan said on Thursday that Tehran opposes any document that threatens Iraqi interests, in an apparent reference to a draft Washington-Baghdad security pact.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) denied on Thursday US Treasury charges, and said financial sanctions imposed by Washington are illegal, noting it will file a complaint against the move.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Bahrain intends to push ahead with plans to buy gas from Iran, despite US opposition to deals with Tehran, senior officials said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- An emergency OPEC meeting on Friday reached swift agreement to chop production by 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) in an initial attempt to halt a deep oil price slide.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Turkey have resolved problems on planned investment in the South Pars gas field and they may sign a production accord in November.