Musharraf asks Khatami to mediate with India

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has asked his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Khatami to mediate between Pakistan and India on the issue of Kashmir. "We appreciate the efforts of Iran to reduce......

All you wanted to know about Iran's elections

Controversial Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces political rival and former prime minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi in the 10th general elections in the country on June 12. Ahmadinejad, known......

Moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani is the new President of Iran

Moderate Iranian cleric Hassan Rowhani was declared the new Iranian President today, with a decisive victory over over his conservative rivals in the election, after 18.6 million Iranians......

Iran President in India on maiden visit

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday on a brief visit during which the two sides will review the progress on trilateral gas pipeline and bilateral Liquefied Natural......

Khatami bullish on Indo-Iran ties

Iranian President Seyed Mohammad Khatami on Monday emphasised that his country's foreign policy was focused on broadening cooperation with Asian countries among whom,"India occupies a distinguished......

Ram Naik to visit Iran to discuss LNG, imports

Oil Minister Ram Naik will discuss liquefied natural gas imports from Iran and seek opportunities for Indian firms in Iran's upstream sector when he visits Teheran this month, officials said on......

Iraq war not to hit crude supplies: Naik

Indian refiners, who buy about 7,000 barrels a day of Iraqi crude from the spot market, have made alternative arrangements for supplies if there is a war in Iraq, Oil Minister Ram Naik said on......

Software exports from AP to touch $1.2 bn

Software exports from Andhra Pradesh, which is emerging as a fast-growing information technology destination, are likely to touch anywhere between $1.15 billion to 1.2 billion next year, the state......

Iran escapes sanction over Israeli

Iran has escaped sanction over the failure of its judo world champion to fight an Israeli at the Athens Olympics, a source in world judo's governing body said on Thursday.Despite earlier statements......

US swim team, cagers shocked

Iran defied the Olympic spirit of sport without frontiers on Sunday by refusing a judo fight against an Israeli at the Athens Games, insisting on putting political solidarity with the Palestinians......

Iran defies Olympic spirit

Iran's world judo champion Arash Miresmaeili refused to compete against an Israeli on Sunday, triggering a fresh crisis at the Olympic Games where race, creed or colour are barred from interfering......