Beijing, Feb 18, IRNA – The value of Iran and Hong Kong trade exchange touched dlrs 285 million in 2009, it was announced Thursday.

Tehran, Feb 18, IRNA -- Minister of Industries and Mines Ali Akbar Mehrabian said that the Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to set up a cement factory in Belarus.

Islamabad, Feb 18, IRNA -- A well known Pakistani journalist Waheed Hussain here Wednesday said that the West's drive to impose new set of tougher sanctions on Iran over its peaceful nuclear progra

Tehran, Feb 18, IRNA – North Korean Ambassador to Tehran Sozeh Pyong here Wednesday at end of his tenure met, conferred and bid farewell to IRI Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.

Ankara, Feb 18, IRNA – Turkey’s Parliament speaker said here Wednesday in a meeting with visiting Iranian education minister Turkey continues its support for Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.

Islamabad, Feb 18, IRNA – A senior Pakistani journalist, Ansar Abbasi here Wednesday criticized Western policy on Iran's nuclear program terming it as "highly biased".

Yazd, Feb 17, IRNA – First Iran trade center will be inaugurated in Soleymanieh, Iraq by the Iran cooperative chamber in a near future.

London, Feb 17, IRNA - China and Russia do not trust the West for “valid reasons” and this might prevent them from allying with the EU3 and the United States in imposing further sanctions on Iran,

Moscow, Feb 17, IRNA – A member of Russia’s Duma (Parliament) said here Wednesday that Tehran-Moscow cooperation positively affects the security in the region.

Tehran, Feb 17, IRNA -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that the production of 20 percent uranium enrichment began when fuel suppliers failed to respond to the Iranian demand.