TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – MP Hamid-Reza Fouladgar says license has been issued for about 250 political parties and associations but about 90 percent of them are not presently active.

SINGAPORE, Aug. 25 (MNA) -- Iran’s girls’ soccer team finished fourth here in the 2010 Youth Olympic Games on Tuesday.

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) -- Three Iranian films will go on screen at the Montreal World Film Festival, which will be held from August 26 to September 6.

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) -- All Iranian media have been forbidden to publish any advertisements about pets or pet-related products.

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – Non-oil exports of Iran to Brazil in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (starting March 21) amounted to 112,000 tons, worth around $47 million.

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) -- Iran’s Hengam oilfield in the Persian Gulf officially started production on Tuesday.

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) -- Bangladesh has shown keen interest on Iran offer to join the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline project, known also as the Peace Pipeline.

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – Impeachment bids have been lodged against Agriculture Minister Sadeq Khalilian and Energy Minister Majid Namjoo.

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – Brigadier General Mohammad-Hassan Mansourian has said all precautionary measures have been taken to repel possible military attacks on the Bushehr nuclear plant.

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) – The former commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has called on the Iranian armed forces to be prepared to counter any U.S.