TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran is ready to cooperate with Brunei Darussalam in the development of the petrochemical industry to provide a solid base for sustainable progress of the country, Iran’s Ambassador to Brunei Abolfazl Khazaee said.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi said in the country’s 25th Year Book ceremony Saturday evening that book reading movement is expanding all over the country.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan Nasir Hamidi Zare said that Tehran has eased visa regime between the two countries.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Deputy Interior Minister Hojjatollah Ayoubi said on Sunday that the current status of Iranian women and their significant advancement in the country has made them a good model for countries in the region.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei pardoned a large number of prisoners as Iran celebrates the 29th anniversary of its Islamic Revolution.

TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranians in Tehran and various other cities staged massive rallies to mark the 29th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA) – South Korea will deliver 16 oil tankers to Iran in 2008, while the time for delivery of domestically built tankers is not certain.

KABUL, Feb 10: Afghanistan said on Sunday it backed a senior US official’s assertion that Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar were operating from Pakistan.

MUNICH, Germany (AFP) — US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned that the failure of the international force in Afghanistan would increase the security threat to Europe.

BAGHDAD – Growing impatience with the slow pace of work to improve basic services like electricity and water could threaten security gains in Iraq’s Anbar province, a former al Qaeda stronghold, the U.S. military said on Sunday.