TEHRAN, May 1 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said Iran’s ties with the countries member to the SAARC bloc are rooted in history.

TEHRAN, May 1 (MNA) -- The Iranian cabinet has ratified a directive which tasks a special committee with assessing the assets of senior government managers, their spouses, and their children.

TEHRAN, May 1 (MNA) – Iran never intends to launch military strike against any country, Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi stated on Thursday.

TEHRAN, May 1 (MNA) – Iran has won a four-year seat on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, an influential body committed to promoting gender equality.

DAMASCUS, April 28 (MNA) – Iran and Syria will hold a gathering of the Economic Follow-Up and Cooperation Development Committee in Damascus on Thursday and Friday.

TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) -- Iran’s Zob Ahan will take part in the 2010 Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship which will be held in Gresik-Surabaya, Indonesia from June 26 to July 4.

TEHRAN, April 28 (MNA) – Iran’s copper wire production factory in Belarus will be inaugurated next week.

TEHRAN, April 27 (MNA) – The concrete ceiling of the second 140,000 cubic meter LNG tank with a weight of about 620 tons and a 76-meter diameter will be inaugurated on the first of May.

TEHRAN, April 28 (MNA) -- Tehran International Book Fair will host 980 foreign publishers from some 90 countries around the globe.

TEHRAN, April 28 (MNA) -- Britain’s Tate recently added two installation works by young Iranian artists to its collection.