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TEHRAN (AP) — Iran’s hard-line parliament threatened Sunday to pass legislation that would force the government to withdraw from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty — a move that would put Tehran in company with North Korea — as the United States and its allies pressed for a UN Security Council vote …

TEHRAN, April 29–The Fifth Iran-Qatar Cooperation Commission convened here Saturday in the presence of Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmad Abdallah Al-Mahmud respectively.

TEHRAN, April 29–Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said on Saturday dismissed the US State Department’s annual report listing countries that support terrorism. According to IRNA, Asefi added that the US administration has named countries, which oppose its policies and criticize the crimes of the Zionist Israeli regime, as supporters …

Ankara, April 29, IRNA Iran-Turkey-Exchange The volume of trade exchanges between Iran and Turkey reached more than 1.144 billion dollars during the first three months of 2006, showing a near 37 percent increase compared to figures released for the same period in the previous year.   

Pretoria, April 29, IRNA Zimbabwe – Trade fair Iranian companies participating in the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair in Bulawayo, which opened Friday, have showcased an array of Iranian products. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the visiting Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete as well as foreign diplomats and proprietors of various companies …

TEHRAN, April 29–President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that when Iran gained access to the nuclear fuel cycle many countries celebrated and felt that Iran is at the forefront of seeking justice at the global level.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the nation should get acquainted with experience of the Constitutional Movement and see how it was diverted from its true path.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Minister of Oil Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh in Doha Saturday said members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) would make no new decisions during the 10th International Energy Forum that is to begin here on Sunday. Vaziri-Hamaneh, who arrived in Qatar today to attend …

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh in Qatari Capital, Doha, on Sunday called for stable oil prices at international market. Vaziri Hamaneh made the remark while talking to reporters before the opening ceremony of the 10th International Energy Forum.  

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran Deputy Oil Minister Mohammad-Hadi Nejad Hosseinian arrived in Islamabad on Friday to discuss pricing of the gas formula of the over seven-billion-dollar Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project. Leading an eight-member delegation, Hosseinian will hold formal talks with Pakistan’s Secretary Petroleum Ahmed Waqar in the three-day …