Relations with neighbors, Iran's top priority

TEHRAN (defapress) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said enemies’ plots aimed at driving a wedge between Iran and Iraq are doomed to failure as the two nations are tied together through faith in God and love for Imam Hussein (AS).

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian company PetroPars has taken over a project on development of phase 11 of the country’s South Pars gas field as a Chinese contractor dropped out of the project, oil minister announced.

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined the need for all Afghan groups to participate in peace talks, calling on foreign sides to allow Afghanistan to decide for itself.

TEHRAN(defapress) – Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif named relations with neighboring countries as the top priority of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

TEHRAN(defapress) – Chief Commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said that the philosophy behind US power is ‘oppression’ and that its power is gradually fading away.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Deputy Defense Minister Brigade General Ghasem Taghizadeh said on Saturday that Iran will soon launch weather satellite ‘Tolou’ (sunrise) to its orbit using domestic carrier rockets.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Parliamentary Director General for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that recent unrest in Iraq is being organized by Zionists and supporters of Takfiri terrorism.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh has called on the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) member states to resist against pressure and imposition of opinions of some world powers, saying energy security should be in line with the interests of all countries.

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian and Turkmen economic delegations have discussed ways to expand cooperation in the fields of transportation, trade and energy at a meeting of the economic commission in the Turkmen capital.

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh held separate meetings with his Armenian and Qatari counterparts in Moscow on Thursday.