The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) Federal National Council (FNC) has a sent a copy of its statement over the recent Iranian action of setting up offices in UAE's Abu Mousa island to the Arab Parliament Union...

Tehran, Aug 19 (Xinhua) Iran has asked its energy companies to look for potential sites to set up more nuclear power plants in the country, a senior official...

All Arab parliaments are to receive a statement from the Federal National Council (FNC) calling on Iran to remove offices set up at the UAE's Abu Mousa Island.The statement urges the parliaments to...

TEHRAN: Iran's Atomic Energy Organization on Tuesday tasked six local companies to hunt for potential sites for new nuclear power plants, the official news agency IRNA...

WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Iran's attempt to launch a dummy satellite into orbit was a "dramatic failure" that fell far short of the country's assertions of success, a U.S....

TEHRAN: A top Iranian cleric has chastised a leading aide to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his controversial remarks that Iranians are "friends with Israelis," the press reported on Tuesday....

By Nidhi VermaNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd will sell an extra 210,000 tonnes of diesel by December to Iran, which is boosting imports ahead of heavy refinery...

"We detected a missile launch from Iran on August 16 and our reports indicated it was unsuccessful," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "It did not reach...

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Iran said it has vastly increased the range of itsfighter-jets. The Iranian Air Force said its indigenous Iranian aircraft could fly3,000 kilometers without refueling. In 2007, Iran...

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Iran continues to arm and train a leading Shi'itemilitia in Iraq. A report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies said Irancontinued to supply weapons to Shi'ite...

Festival Iranian film 'Atomic Winter' directed by Mohammad Moayeri won best director award at the Canada International Film Festival. The film will be screened in Canada in late August. The films has...

Aggression Army Commander Ataollah Salehi said on Tuesday that those who attempt to attack the Islamic Republic of Iran will not survive. Addressing Iranian military attaches in foreign countries, he...

TEHRAN: A top UN atomic watchdog official was holding fresh talks on Iran's nuclear drive yesterday, a day after Tehran announced it sent a rocket into space in a move Washington branded...

Concert The Osnabrueck Symphony Orchestra will play a concert in the Aseman hall in Zafaranieh from August 23-24. Some four music workshops will be held on the sidelines of the concert in the Aseman...

Tehran, Iran, Aug. 19 – A senior official from the United Nations nuclear watchdog is holding talks with Iranian officials in Tehran.Olli Heinonen, the deputy director-genral of the...

EU Trade Economic sanctions imposed by the EU are hitting exports from the 27-member states and not Iranian exports, according to the latest trade figures from Eurostat obtained by IRNA. The...

By Sami Moubayed DAMASCUS - International crooner Chris de Burgh, whose 1986 classic Lady in Red is popular among Iranian youth, has reportedly been denied a permit to sing in Iran. De...

LONDON, August 19 (IranMania) - Secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Saeed Jalili said Iran tries to provide security in the region of Caucasus, IRNA reported. According to the...

LONDON, August 19 (IranMania) - The United Nations nuclear watchdog's deputy director general, Olli Heinonen, held talks with senior Iranian nuclear officials, IRNA reported. Deputy Head of Iran's...

LONDON, August 19 (IranMania) - Islamic Republic is participating in the 50th International Holy Qur'an Competition which is due to begin on Monday night, IRNA reported. The competition will run...

ANKARA - Turkish Daily News Energy Minister Hilmi Güler announced yesterday that Ankara had not stepped back from signing a long-awaited natural gas agreement with Iran. The deal, setting the...

LONDON, August 19 (IranMania) - Iranian international midfielder Andranik Teymourian is hopeful of playing his first game for Fulham next weekend after being an unused substitute in the London club's...

LONDON, August 19 (IranMania) - Authorities in Iran have denied that singer Chris de Burgh is to play a live concert in Tehran, according to an Iranian news agency. It had been reported in December...

LONDON, August 19 (IranMania) - An international conference of Muslim women will be held in Baghdad on October 12, 2008, MNA reported. Being organized by Iraq?s Muslim Women Association, the congress...

A day after Iran declared that it had test fired a new rocket capable of launching a satellite, the country said Monday that it was prepared to help other Muslim countries send up satellites. But by...

LONDON, August 19 (IranMania) - Iran criticized the Western governments for misportraying the scientific breakthrough Iran has made in launching satellite into orbit, IRNA reported. Iranian officials...

Karate Kyrgyzstan's karate team arrived in Tehran Monday to attend the 9th tournament of Unity and Friendship Cup dubbed " President's Cup". Teams from 24 countries, including France, Japan, Russia,...

ÝLTER TÜRKMEN During the Soviet era our biggest neighbor was Russia. Following the Cold War, Iran has become the one, but for not having a common border with Russia, at least for now. So it is not...

LONDON, August 19 (IranMania) - The 15th Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement, held from 27 to 30 July 2008, issued a declaration which addressed a range of issues aimed at promoting world...

LONDON, August 19 (IranMania) - The IAEA has published a document from the Non-Aligned Movement which expresses support for Iran's nuclear program, PressTV reported. The statement has been published...

AKI - Adnkronos InternationalTehran, 18 August (AKI) - Four young people, who were minors at the time their alleged crimes were committed, are expected to be hanged in the next few days.Reza...

Meet Visiting Armenian Energy and Natural Resources Minister and Armenian head of Iran-Armenia Cooperation Council Armen Movsisyan here Monday met and conferred with Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister...

Press The following headlines appeared in major Tehran dailies on Tuesday: ** TEHRAN TIMES - IAEA's Heinonen holds technical talks in Tehran ** KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL - Space test leaves enemies...

LONDON, August 19 (IranMania) - The First Non-Ferrous Metals Industries Exhibition was inaugurated at Tehran International Fairgrounds, IRNA reported. The latest achievements in the field of...

LONDON, August 19 (IranMania) - Iranian Short Film Association (ISFA) granted its Jaam-e Jahan-Nama Award to the celebrated, world-renowned Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, MNA reported....

LONDON, August 19 (IranMania) - Iran is ready to offer investment guarantees to German companies, an official said, as authorities in Berlin try to curb their plans to work in the controversial...

LONDON, August 19 (IranMania) - A top UN atomic watchdog official was holding fresh talks on Iran's nuclear drive, just a day after Tehran announced it sent a rocket into space in a move Washington...

LONDON, August 19 (IranMania) - Iran's weightlifter Mohsen Biranvand has finished second behind Greece's Nikolaos Kourtidis in group B after gaining 397 points, PressTV reported. Passing all the...

LONDON, August 19 (IranMania) - Iranian archeologists have discovered evidence of Sassanid and Islamic human establishments in the country's western province of Ilam, PressTV reported. Excavating the...

LONDON, August 19 (IranMania) - The disabled marriage rate in Iran is the highest in the world, head of association for defending rights of the disabled said here recently, MNA reported. With total...

Iran launched a home-made satellite-carrier rocket named Safir (Messenger) late Sunday, arousing western governments' concerns over its purpose. Reza Taghipour, head of Iran's space agency, told...

ERBIL, Iraq, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Iranian forces bombed several strongholds of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party in northern Iraq Monday following a weekend attack by Turkish war planes. The...

Agencies TEHRAN: Iran said yesterday it was ready to help fellow Muslim states launch satellites into orbit after it successfully put a dummy satellite into orbit — a move that may increase...

Advancement Head of Kerman Medical Science University said here Monday Iran's advancement in pharmacology has been great in recent years. Dr. Mohammad Javad Zahedi who was speaking at the opening...

Palestinian Poet Iranian Committee to support Islamic Revolution of Palestine here Monday condoled demise of renowned Palestinian poet Mahmoud Dervish. Dervish, who was considered one of the greatest...

The launch of Iran's two-stage rocket, called Safir or "messenger," was successful on Saturday and "paved the way for placing the first Iranian satellite in orbit," the...

I ranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Turkey to discuss his country's disputed nuclear programme and growing bilateral ties today. Ahmadinejad will hold talks with President Abdullah...

BERLIN: Iran is ready to offer investment guarantees to German companies, an official said on Monday, as authorities in Berlin try to curb their plans to work in the controversial Middle Eastern...

ANKARA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Turkey will hold major talks with Iran on energy sector cooperation in the next month and hopes that their negotiations will yield fruit within that period, Energy Minister...

The White House said Sunday that Iran's announcement it had launched a home-built rocket into space was "troubling" because such technology could also be used for ballistic missiles."The Iranian...