TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran said it cuts oil output by 545,000 barrels per day from Thursday, Jan. 1 in line with OPEC’s decision to reduce production in its bid to try to shore up tumbling crude prices. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed in Algeria this month to cut …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraq said on Wednesday it wants thousands of the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) members at a camp north of Baghdad to leave the country, although it does not plan to expel them by force. Iraqi forces take over responsibility for Camp Ashraf, home to 3,500 MKO terrorists, …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Sunir company and Pakistan’s Planet Energy Pvt Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding for the joint development of a 50MW wind farm in Pakistan. The MoU was signed by Managing Director of Sunir Co Reza Ebadzadeh and Chairman of the Planet Energy Pvt Ltd Tariq Sayeed and …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is due to arrive here in Tehran on Saturday heading a high-ranking economic delegation. The two-day trip is aimed at a discussion of bilateral ties of the two neighbors and their supreme council of economic cooperation. During his stay in Tehran, the Iraqi …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to boost cooperation in power sector and expedite implementation of existing projects, a joint statement signed by Iranian Deputy Minister of Energy Abbas Aliababi and adviser to Pakistan’s Water and Power Ministry said. In the statement which was released at the end …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Israel rejected international pressure for a two-day cease-fire with Hamas and sent warplanes Wednesday to demolish tunnels that are the lifeline of Gaza’s population. The diplomatic efforts to forge a truce were set in motion by the scale of destruction in Gaza since Israel unleashed an offensive Saturday …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Energy Minister Parviz Fattah said Mangla dam raising project is technically an excellent precedent in the history of dam construction. He stated this during a visit to the project accompanied by a 10-member technical delegation. Pakistan Electric Power Company Managing Director Fazal Ahmad Khan and senior officers …

TEHRAN (FNA)- The religious leader of the Iranian Jews, Rabbi Golestaninejad, has issued a decree calling on Jews to help Palestinians, specially those under the Israeli blitzkriegs in the Gaza Strip. It is the duty of every “monotheistic Jew” to help these people, Golestaninejad said. He called on his coreligionists …

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KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber tried to attack a meeting of tribal elders and blew himself up near an Afghan primary school on Sunday, killing 14 children and wounding 58 people, the U.S. military said. The suicide blast went off near the entrance to a police and army post, …