Iran has extended a credit line of more than 200 million euros to Bolivia to help the industrial development of the South American country. The agreement included the transfer of technology to Bolivia, Iranian Minister of Industries and Mining Ali Akbar Mehrabian said at a joint press conference with Bolivian President Evo Morales in the [...]

The American death toll in Afghanistan this year has reached the highest annual rate since the start of the US-led invasion of the country nearly nine years ago. A total of 323 US soldiers have so far been killed in Afghanistan during 2010, compared to 317 in 2009, according to figures published by the independent [...]

US President Barack Obama announces the end of the country’s combat mission in Iraq, repeating his predecessor George W. Bush some seven years ago. “Tonight, I am announcing that the American combat mission in Iraq has ended. Operation Iraqi Freedom is over,” he said on Tuesday. The US led Iraq’s invasion in March 2003 based [...]

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has spoken of his illness, which forced him to leave power, for the first time, saying he “was at death’s door.” “Several times I asked myself if [doctors] were going to let me live in those conditions or if they’d let me die,” he told Mexico’s La Jornada newspaper during [...]

The United States plans to strike a 60-billion-dollar arms deal with Saudi Arabia, the largest foreign arms sale by the United States. The deal adds 30 billion dollar worth of Apache and Black Hawk attack helicopters to a package that already included 84 F-15 fighter jets. If finalized, the agreement would be the largest weapons [...]

The Bolivian President Evo Morales has called for concerted efforts of Iran, Venezuela and Bolivia to put an end to the unilateralism dominant in the world. “People in the world are suffering from the unilateralism of big countries that have filled the markets with their products,” Morales said in a meeting with Iranian Minister of [...]

Iran’s Industries and Mines Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian says promotion of all-out cooperation between Iran and Venezuela can relieve US pressures. “Now that the United States endeavors to ratchet up foreign pressure on the Islamic Republic and Venezuela, the two states should relieve the US pressure by further developing their all-out and mutual cooperation,” Mehrabian said [...]

Chilean miners move to a drier and cooler site deeper inside the San Jose gold and copper mine, where they were trapped since a cave-in 24 days ago, officials says. Some of the 33 trapped Chilean miners have developed fungal infections and body sores from the hot, dank conditions in the part of the mine [...]

Commander of Venezuela’s Navy granted his country’s Medal of Honor to Iran’s military attaché to Caracas. The Iranian diplomat as well as his Mexican and Ecuadorian counterparts were picked up from among 25 foreign military attachés in Caracas to receive the medal. The Venezuelan Arm’s Medal of Honor was granted to the Iranian military attaché [...]

United States has decided to provide the Israeli occupation with large quantities of fuel for military purposes, which include fuel for war aircrafts and helicopters, along with large quantities of fuel for tanks and militant vehicles as bearers of soldiers and others. According to the Israeli site “Tech Deepak”, the Israeli military estimated the price [...]

A huge rally of US conservatives in Washington has drawn criticism from progressive groups as it has coincided with the anniversary of a civil rights event. At the “Restoring Honor” rally, about 100,000 conservatives and advocates of the Tea Party movement gathered at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday to, as the organizers of the event [...]

Top Iranian and Venezuelan officials have proposed new industrial projects for further cooperation between the two allies in the future. Iran’s Industries and Mines Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian, in Caracas on an official visit, met with Venezuela’s house, industry and agriculture ministers in Caracas on Saturday to discuss joint industrial projects underway and planned by the [...]

Helicopter crash in Venezuela has killed ten members of the country’s National Guard who were on a mission to track drug traffickers near the Colombian border. The crash took place in western Apure State near the Colombian border on Friday as three officers along with seven soldiers were taking off on a counter-narcotics mission. “Three [...]

The head of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission says US failure in Afghanistan and Iraq is a sign of decline in Washington’s power. “The United States’ failure to succeed in Iraq and Afghanistan is a sign that it (the US) is falling,” Alaeddin Boroujerdi said on Saturday, adding that Iran’s power, on [...]

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has said al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is a US agent used by former US President George W. Bush to scare the world. “Any time Bush would stir up fear and make a big speech, bin Laden would appear threatening people with a story about what he was going to [...]

The third exclusive exhibition of Iran’s trade and industrial products opened in Venezuela by Minister of Industries and Mines, Ali Akbar Mehrabiyan on Thursday. Over 30 companies are showcasing their products in the four-day event. Participants say reasonable prices, acceptable quality and modern technology are among characteristics of the Iranian products which satisfy their consumers. [...]

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday mocked rumors that he was suffering from cancer as wishful thinking by his squalid enemies. Some local media have been saying this week that Chavez, 56, may be suffering from a cancer in the nasal cavity. His failure to appear on Wednesday’s first day of campaigning for the September [...]

The Venezuelan President discussed with the Cuban rulers “the serious risks of a nuclear war” Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez met on Wednesday with Fidel Castro, the leader of the Cuban revolution, and his brother President Raúl Castro during a visit that lasted several hours and was not previously announced, several official media reported. First of [...]

More than 30 Iranian companies have put their products and latest achievements on show in an exhibition in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas. Iranian Minister of Industries and Mines Ali Akbar Mehrabian arrived in Caracas on Wednesday evening to open the event which runs from August 26-29. He was received by his Venezuelan counterpart Richard [...]

A media report says that an Afghan soldier killed two US-led soldiers in a shoot-out when they tried to remove an Afghan woman’s veil by force. An exchange of fire between two Spanish soldiers and an Afghan police trainee left all three killed in northwestern Afghanistan’s Badghis Province on Wednesday. Informed sources told the Pashtun [...]