A passenger plane with some 150 passengers on board crashed near Jannat-Abad village in the sauburb of the provincial capital city of Qazvin, about 200 km northwest of Tehran, on Wednesday.

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman here on Tuesday underscored the need for regular consultations between Iranian and Lebanese officials.

Iranian and Turkish officials held talks Tuesday on removing problems with their trade promotion and reviewed ways to expand bilateral cooperation.

Speaker of Armenia National Assembly Hovik Abhrahamyan, in a meeting with Iran’s ambassador to Yerevan Ali Saqaeeian, Tuesday congratulated President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election as the presid

Iran’s National Library and Documents Organization bought a copy of the biggest encyclopedia in the world titled ‘Mosouat Al-Tashriaat Al-Arabia’.

Tajik Minister of Culture on Tuesday appreciated Iran’s efforts to help promote regional cooperation.

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad on Monday stressed the importance of the friendly relations between Tehran and Damascus for the entire region.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Monday termed Iran's presence in the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) as vital.

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Teyyep Erdogan said his country will continue efforts to have Iran in “Naboko” gas pipeline project.

The president of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences held talks with a visiting Iranian delegation from Khaje Nasir Toosi University of Technology on Monday on mutual academic cooperation.