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Iran seeks better relations with west, says envoy
Ten months after PresidentHassan Rouhanitook office,Iranis emerging from the isolation that followed the repression of the 2009 green movement. During the same period, the US, UN and EU imposed the most crippling sanctions ever against the Islamic Republic.
VP due in Spain for UNWTO meeting
Vice-President and Head of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran Masood Soltanifar will travel to Spain on Monday.
Irans IRGC seizes Somali fuel-smuggling tanker
Naval forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have intercepted and impounded a Somali tanker smuggling 500,000 liters of diesel fuel to a Persian Gulf Arab state.
Iran, Pakistan to increase trade exchange to dlrs 5b
Deputy Economy Minister Behrouz Alishiri and visiting Governor of State Bank of Pakistan Mahmood Wathra in a meeting on Wednesday called for increase in trade exchange up to dlrs 5 billion.
Iran, Russia call for enhanced customs relations
Russian Ambassador to Iran Levan Dzhagaryan and head of Iran?s Customs Administration Masoud Karbasian on Wednesday held talks on ways to develop customs cooperation between the two countries.