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Photo shows Minister of Energy at the Prime Minister's Office, Pehin Datu Singamanteri Colonel Dato Seri Setia Hj Mohammad Yasmin bin Hj Umar, and Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Reza cutting a cake during a reception to mark the National Day of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

In another display of infighting in the Islamic Republic's political arena, Parliamentary Speaker Ali Larijani has rejected recent statements accusing him of having vested interests in Qom that would disqualify him from running for a seat in the next Parliament.

Iranian lawmakers this week expressed support for a measure that would beat the European Union to the punch by cutting off oil exports before the summer.

Brunei Darussalam and the Islamic Republic of Iran are in the process of finalising several Memoranda of Understandings in cultural, educational and sports cooperation and Iran is quite ready to cooperate with Brunei in the oil and gas sector, as well as new and renewable energy.

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said the Islamic Republic would soon announce "very important" achievements in the nuclear field.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 11 / Trend S.Isayev, T. Jafarov/

Iranian nation in the past 33 years have had achievements that today can be presented to the humanity and the world, country's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said live, addressing the people at the rally on Tehran's Azadi Square, Press TV reported.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.10 / Trend T.Jafarov /

Thirty-three years after the Islamic revolution Iran achieved outstanding results, Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohammed Baqir Bahrami said in an interview with Trend on the eve of the 33rd anniversary of the Iranian Islamic revolution.

Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi said that his country is a supporter of the Palestinian nation and it will do its best to support the oppressed people of Palestine, IRNA reported.

Senators Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced a resolution Friday calling for the departure of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and calling on the Obama administration to start providing "substantial material and technical support" to the Syrian opposition.

In February 2003, less than a month before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Gen. Eric Shinseki told a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee that "Something on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers" would be required to occupy Iraq in order to stabilize it in the wake of an invasion.

Amnesty International Urges Iran to Respect Peaceful Protests on One Year Anniversary February 14 of Demonstrations in Support of Egypt and Tunisia Uprisings NEW YORK - February 10 - Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to respect freedom of assembly and allow peaceful protests on February 14 amid fears that authorities may ... (more)

An earthquake measuring 3.5 on Richter scale took place near the Kian Shahr city in the Iranian Kerman province today, IRNA news agency reported.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.10 / Trend T.Djafarov/

An earthquake measuring 4.7 has occurred the Firuzkuh mountainous zone near the Iranian capital of Tehran today, the IRNA news agency reported.

A former US Marine sentenced to death in Iran for allegedly spying for the CIA could be saved if the Obama administration would consider a prisoner swap, his Iranian attorney said Wednesday.

Turkey and Iran, regional heavyweights and heirs to imperial pasts, expanded trade in the past decade and papered over their traditional rivalry with diplomacy and rhetoric.

In this Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, left, and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu shake hands after a news conference in Ankara, Turkey.

In this Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, left, and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu shake hands after a news conference in Ankara, Turkey.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 10 / Trend S.Isayev, T. Jafarov/

Iran has started manufacturing "Jamaran 2" destroyer, Iran's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said at a press conference, IRINN reported.

NJ Governor: "America should stand by its friends and its democratic allies, even, and sometimes especially, when it's unpopular to do so." New Jersey governor Chris Christie, speaking to an American Israel Public Affairs Committee group in New York, emphasized his commitment to Israel, the Weekly Standard reported.

Notwithstanding the never-ending stream of all those based-on-reliable-intelligence-sources analyses, it is doubtful whether these same analysts would be willing to bet whatever is left of their 401K retirement accounts on their predictions that Israel will -- or will not -- attack Iranian nuclear sites this year.