TEHRAN,Jan.8(MNA)--The first phase of extracting oil from the South Pars gas field will come on stream by March 2013, an official with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) stated.

TEHRAN,Jan.8(MNA)--Iran will exchange up to 15 billion kilowatt hours (BkWh) of electricity with its neighboring countries by the end of the current calendar year (March 19, 2012), up 50 percent ye

TEHRAN,Jan.8(MNA)--Iran discovered two new oilfields, an official with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said, adding that details on the discovery will soon be announced by the Oil Ministry.

TEHRAN,Jan.8(MNA)--Iran discovered two new oilfields, an official with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said, adding that details on the discovery will soon be announced by the Oil Ministry.

TEHRAN, Jan.8 (MNA) – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on both Iran and the United States to defuse the tension building up between them, according to Dawn.com.

TEHRAN, Jan.8 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ramin Mehmanparast described the U.S.

TEHRAN, Jan.8 (MNA) – The ground troops of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) started the preliminary stage of the war games, entitled Martyrs to Unity, in east Iran on Saturday.

Tehran, Jan 8, IRNA – The Foreign Ministry on Saturday welcomed the release of 13 Iranian sailors from captivity of Somali pirates by the US forces.

TEHRAN, Jan.

TEHRAN, Jan. 8(MNA) – Head of the United Front of Principlists Election Office said deviants and seditionists are opponents of the principlists in the March parliamentary elections.