Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that Iran and the European Union enjoy extensive capacity to develop economic cooperation.

Iranian Vice President for Women and Families Affairs here Friday strongly condemned kidnapping of Nigerian school girls, emphasizing those who do so and their thought mentors are after uprooting Islam.

Expert talks in New York were constructive, Head of Iranˈs negotiating team to the expert meeting, Hamid Baeedinejad said on Thursday.

Vice-President in Women and Family Affairs Shahindokht Mollaverdi in a statement condemned kidnapping of Nigerian girls.

All phases of Iran’s giant South Pars natural gas field will be completed by early 2017, an Iranian energy official says.

A senior Iranian energy official says the Islamic Republic is prepared to export natural gas to European countries seeking to diversify their energy sources and gas supplies.

Iran’s ambassador to Moscow and Russian deputy-minister of finance have proposed establishment of a joint financial firm.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that the government has the support of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the nation in nuclear talks with the West.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has mounted different state-of-the-art technological tools, including radars and telecommunication systems, on its speed vessels, an IRGC commander announced on Wednesday.

Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian called on the German companies to take part in Iran's water projects.

Leader of the Islamic Republic has said partisan view of the educational system is a deadly poison for the system.

Five brands of Iranian hand-woven carpets have been registered as the worldˈs intellectual property, the head of Iranˈs National Carpet Center announced.

Experts of Iran and Group 5+1 began negotiations in New York on Tuesday to discuss technical issues in preparation for drafting the Comprehensive Agreement in the upcoming meeting due to be held in Vienna.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif blasted the western powers and the Zionist regime for their propaganda against the Islamic Republic, and said the foreign policy adopted by the new government in Iran has made Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have long tiresome nights awake.

Senior Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) officials said the IRGC Navy is equipped with state-of-the-art weapons and vessels, and is one of the only two world military forces equipped with a unique torpedo which moves with unbelievable velocity.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham described the country's right to use peaceful nuclear technology as the only possible framework for the negotiations between Tehran and the Group 5+1

A knowledge-based company in Alborz province has produced heat-resistant glassware with applications in laboratory.

Interior Minister of Iran Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli on Monday said that it is policy of the government of Islamic Republic of Iran to strengthen ties with neighbors including Pakistan.

Some 32 world countries will be attending Iranˈs 19th International Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition (Iran Oil Show 2014) to be held in Tehran on May 6-9.

Iran’s FM spokeswoman has said esteem and respect lavished upon Iran by the world ‘is undeniable and obvious.’

Zarif said Iran is proponent of the new world order and reshaping the power structure of the international community in light of privileges in economy and technology of every member state.

The Iranian foreign ministry on Saturday strongly rejected Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu-Bakr al-Qirbi's allegations about arms shipments to his country by Iran, and stressed that Tehran favors peace and stability in the Yemen.

Iran fencing champion Hamed Sedaqati and one of his friends were abducted by outlaws in the Southeastern Sistan-and-Balouchestan province.

Head of Italy-Iran Parliamentary Friendship Group Ettore Rosato in a meeting with Supreme Leader's top aide Ali Akbar Velayati stressed Rome's enthusiasm for opening a new chapter of consolidated growing relations with Tehran.

Senior Military Aide to the Iranian Supreme Leader Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi said Iran's influence and clout has now stretched to the Mediterranean coasts and its line of defense is now in Southern Lebanon.