TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s top nuclear negotiator and Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Saeed Jalili here Friday hailed a report by the UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Iran’s nuclear activities, saying that it proved Tehran’s righteousness.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Tens of thousands of local residents in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas rushed to meet their popular president to voice their support for Ahmadinejad’s policies and demand him facilitate solution of their personal and social problems.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Phase one development of Shahid Rajaie Container Terminal (SRCT) project in Bandar Abbas, with a handling capacity of some 1.5 million teu, came on stream on Thursday.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranians across the country experienced a total eclipse of the moon in early hours of Thursday morning.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran said the report by the UN atomic agency has proved that claims by the US, France and Britain against Tehran have no foundation.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran will hold an exhibition of its products in Pakistan in May with an aim to provide opportunity to its businessmen to introduce their products in the Pakistani market, an Iranian diplomat said on Friday.

Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) — Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said his country will consider beefing up its non-military support for Afghanistan’s embattled government while ruling out any increase in troops there. After a day of talks in Canberra with two visiting U.S. officials, Smith said Australia may be prepared to …

KABUL, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) — Seven Afghan employees of a local road construction company were killed when their vehicle hit mines Saturday morning in eastern Afghan province of Kunar, a police officer said.

The visit to Afghanistan by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer last week was meant to shore up confidence in the mission to stabilise the country and secure it once and for all from control of extremism in the form of the Taleban. Though Mr Jaap …

BELGRADE – The European Union told Serbia on Friday to protect embassies after attacks over Western support for Kosovo’s secession, and suggested such violence could harm its prospects of closer ties with the bloc.