Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Sheikholeslam said his country needs nuclear energy as a substitute for its oil resources.
“Iran will have oil for over 100 years but once its energy resources is depleted, nuclear energy will be the only logical substitute,” the Islamic republic news agency quoted Sheikholeslam as saying.
Iran is in a row [...]

By Lisa Bryant
Paris
27 November 2008
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency expressed frustration Thursday that neither Iran nor Syria been completely transparent about their alleged nuclear activities. For VOA, Lisa Bryant has more on the agency’s findings from Paris.
The International Atomic Energy Agency is holding a two-day meeting to examine reports on the [...]

TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) — Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization spokesman Mohsen Delaviz Sunday announced that an exclusive exhibition of nuclear industry achievements is to open at Tehran University on Monday, the official IRNA news agency reported.
This is the first time that Iran decided to publicize the achievements of its nuclear program [...]

Iran’s member of parliament Seied Mohammad Reza Tajeddini said here on Sunday that Iran has lost billions of dollars by a gas deal with a Gulf firm, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Tajeddini regarded the contract between the two sides as illegal, adding that it was against the constitution and the interest of the [...]

Iran called on OPEC Saturday to cut production by a further 1 million to 1.5 million barrels per day when it meets in Cairo later this month, state television’s Web site reported Saturday.
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Associated Press Writer
TEHRAN, Iran —
Iran called on OPEC Saturday to cut production by a further 1 million to 1.5 million [...]