TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said on Monday that Parliament has decided to provide the Gaza people with practical and urgent assistance through active diplomacy. Larijani, who arrived in the holy city of Qom to meet the city’s senior clerics, made the remarks in his meeting with Ayatollah …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Hamas supporters staged a show of strength to mark the 21st anniversary of its founding. 200,000 Gaza residents took to streets of Gaza City to draw attention of the International Community to the hardship imposed on them by the Israeli blockade. Ahead of the rally, spokesman Fawzi Barhum …

TEHRAN (FNA)- An archeological team claimed to have found a Neolithic residential area on the Kelar Tepe, a prehistoric mound located in the Kelaradsht region in Iran’s northern province of Mazandaran. Excavations at the Rashak 3 Cave have uncovered an oven at a depth of 5 meters, team director Hamed …

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian lawmaker dismisses Washington’s claims that it would help Israel create a nuclear umbrella against Iran, saying that Tehran pursues a fully peaceful nuclear drive. “In the modern-day world, nuclear program is no longer a defensive measure aimed at protecting the national security of different countries,” …

TEHRAN (FNA)- The National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) currently has the construction of 7 refineries across the country in hand. Khuzestan refinery, The Persian Gulf Star refinery, Shahriar refinery, Anahita refinery, Hormoz refinery, Caspian refinery and Pars refinery are the seven planned refineries, MNA reported. When these …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov described Iran as an important partner of his country in the region and the world, saying Minsk is ready to increase its all-out relations with Tehran. Martynov made the remarks in a joint press conference with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki who was …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s former first vice-president Mohammad Reza Aref said that he believes that reformists should name their candidate soon in the run-up to the next year’s presidential elections. “I believe that the reformists should choose and declare their presidential candidate as soon as possible,” Aref told the Iranian students …

TEHRAN (FNA)- The vice chairman of Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom said his country could not limit its output under OPEC-style quotas. “The mechanism of OPEC couldn’t be applicable straight-forwardly to the Russian Federation,” AFP quoted Alexander Medvedev as saying in a press conference in Paris on Friday. “We are …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Belarus agreed to establish a joint economic commission in a bid to further expand relations. The decision was made during a Thursday meeting in Minsk between Belarusian Prime Minister Sergey Sidorskiy and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who arrived in the Belarusian capital the same day …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and the Speaker of the Egyptian People’s Assembly Ahmad Fathi Surur in a phone conversation called for taking more practical steps to speed up helping people in Gaza Strip. Larijani called for Islamic countries specifically Egypt possessing a unique geographical position to take …