London, June 30, IRNA – The British government needs to take steps to ensure that the UK's remaining oil and gas resources are exploited to the greatest benefit, a new all-party group of MPs warned

Islamabad, June 30, IRNA -- Military offensive against the militants in Swat valley will be completed in a few days as most of the area has been cleared of the terrorists, the army said Monday.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi said on Monday that no diplomat has been detained from the British Embassy in Tehran.

Iran's Naval Force has prevented the hijack of an oil tanker by pirates in the Gulf of Aden.

A bus carring Iranian pilgrims veered off the road in Iraq near the city of Khanaqin injuring 40 passengers 15 of them critically.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Iran’s nuclear program should be settled through political approaches and peaceful means.

Russia’s daily “ Rossiyskaya Gazetta” quoted Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini as saying that severing ties with Tehran would be “useless and ineffective”.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi on Saturday strongly condemned the recent statement issued by G-8 states on Iran's presidential elections describing the move as meddlesome and hasty.

Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) was honored in National Seminar on Fighting Drugs as an active media in the field.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that the June 12 presidential election in Iran which has promoted and strengthened the government was the end of liberal democracy and liberal thought