Iran’s energy minister will pay a visit to Turkey next month to finalize a preliminary natural gas deal, the Turkish energy minister said yesterday.

Lebanese Shiite Leader Allamah Muhammad Hussein Fadhlallah called for actual and practical solutions to his country’s current crisis.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to leave Tehran for New York next Sunday to attend the annual meeting of the Untied Nations General Assembly.

In a blatant violation of diplomatic norms, the US administration refrained from issuing an entry visa for Iran’s ambassador to Geneva and chairman of the Group 15.

Iran announced that it would soon test fly the third generation of its domestically-built fighter jet ‘Saeqeh’ (Thunderbolt).

An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale jolted the region of Silvaneh in Iran’s northwestern province of Western Azarbaijan on Friday.

Saeqeh enjoys high maneuverability and operational powers, pilot Hamid Reza Gorji who tested the Iran-made fighter jet on Thursday said.

Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s air force said that his troops have succeeded in increasing the traveling distance of the US F14 fighter jets to 14,000 miles.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has left the country to attend the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly to be held in New York.

Iran’s Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) governor said yesterday that the surge in oil prices to record levels was not sustainable.