TEHRAN (FNA)- Azerbaijan is sticking to plans to reduce oil exports to the EU and increase shipments to Russia and Iran, as the South Caucasus country – home to another Russia-influenced frozen conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh – seeks to spread risk.

TEHRAN (FNA)- More than one million tons of raw steel has been produced by Khuzestan Steel Company during the first six months of the current (Iranian) year.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia pulled out of talks on tighter sanctions against Iran despite repeated calls by the US for fresh UN Security Council resolutions against the Islamic Republic.