Press TV enjoys strong Afghan viewership (Press TV)
Press TV, Iran's English-language news network, available through broadcasts and the Internet, has been reported to be a very popular news source among the people and even journalists of Afghanistan.
Iran criticizes Germany for releasing separatist leader (People's Daily)
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast criticized Germany on Tuesday for releasing the leader of the "terrorist" Party of Free Life of Kurdistan ( PJAK), local satellite Press TV reported. Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi was arrested at his apartment by security forces in Germany on Friday, but was released on Monday, Press TV cited a report posted on a website affiliated to the party as ...
Iran Issues $1 Billion Bonds to Fund Gas Projects (Update1) (Bloomberg)
March 8 (Bloomberg) -- Iran’s Pars Oil and Gas Co. issued $1 billion worth of bonds in euros to help boost the development of its giant South Pars gas field, Press TV reported.
Iran official says 100 USD fair price for crude barrel (People's Daily)
An Iranian oil official said the fair crude price in current market is 100 U.S. dollars a barrel, the local satellite Press TV reported Monday. "The average price of crude in the international market has been 75 U.S. dollars a barrel since the beginning of the year, but its fair price should be around 100 U.S. dollars a barrel," Iran's envoy to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting ...
Gates: Early pullout reliant on 'conditions' in Afghanistan (CNN)
After surveying training camps in eastern Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates hinted Wednesday that U.S. troops could be leaving earlier than the announced July 2011 troop withdrawal date.
Iran launches home-made cruise missile (People's Daily)
Iran's Defense Ministry introduced a new domestically-manufactured cruise missile that will significantly improve the deterrence capabilities of the Iranian military forces, the local satellite Press TV reported on Sunday. Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said Sunday, at the inauguration ceremony of the production line, that the Nasr (Victory) missile is able to eliminate ...
Former FBI Agent Robert Levinson still missing in Iran (The Christian Science Monitor)
Today marks the third anniversary of the disappearance of former FBI agent Robert Levinson on Kish Island in Iran.
'Rape more threatening than enemy fire' (Press TV)
The number of US female soldiers sexually assaulted by their male counterparts and superiors in Iraq and Afghanistan has jumped by 25%, official US data shows.
Young Iranians get marriage license (Press TV)
Iranian officials are to launch a series of online courses to promote marriage and sponsor premarital trainings according to the Iranian culture and Islamic standards.
Iran successfully test-fires surface-to-surface missile (People's Daily)
&$ &$A Nour missile is test fired off Iran's first domestically made destroyer, Jamaran, on the southern shores of Iran in the Persian Gulf March 9, 2010. A newly inaugurated Iranian destroyer test fired a surface-to-surface missile in the Gulf on Tuesday, Iran's Fars news agency reported. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)&$ &$ The Iranian navy successfully test- fired a new missile from its first indigenously ...