TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – In a letter to Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani, police chief Esmaeil Ahmadi Moqadam commended the parliament’s efforts in ratifying a law to reduce road accidents.

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) -- The Iranian commerce minister met a Syrian business delegation here and the two sides agreed to increase trade between the two countries up to $2 billion.

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) -- Iran has allocated $2.2 billion for seven gasoline production and refinery renovation projects, the Iranian deputy oil minister Alireza Zeighami said here on Tuesday.

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) - Iranian state-run Dana Insurance Company sold 5 percent of its shares on the Tehran Stock Exchange in an initial public offering on Tuesday.

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) -- An Iranian troupe led by Pari Saberi is scheduled to reprise “The Flying Shams” in Konya, home to the shrine of Iranian poet Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273).

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TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – The Majlis approved on Tuesday a bill on “how to protect border rivers and seas from oil pollution”.

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – In separate meetings on Tuesday the new ambassadors of Ireland and North Korea submitted their credentials to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry has appointed new ambassadors to foreign countries including Bahrain, Poland, Chile and Slovenia.

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – MP Vali Ismaeli announced on Tuesday that MPs have abandoned their bid to impeach Commerce Minister Mehdi Ghazanfari.