TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) - Iran’s revolution of 1979 paved the ground for the establishment of a new political system in which according to its founders, was made to respect both democratic and spiritual values. Over the past three decades Iranian governments almost made no bow to the pressures of big powers and based on its officially annouced policiy, systematically relied on the will of its people to make progress.

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) - The Obama administration is likely to remove Mojahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) from the U.S. State Department's terrorism list, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency have agreed to develop a modality for further cooperation, the Mehr News Agency has learnt.

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said that the Syrian government should be given enough time to advance Kofi Annan’s plan on Syria.

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Grand Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani has said that the proposal to form a union between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain will fail.

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that if the six major powers continue to be realistic about Iran, the upcoming talks in Baghdad will be a step forward.

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – The website of Iranol, one of the leading Iranian oil companies, was hacked by a Saudi Arabian group of hackers named HP Group Hack, PANA News, a Persian language news agency, reported on Wednesday.

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – The first international conference on women and Islamic Awakening will be held in Tehran from July 14 to 15.

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – The public relations department of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps issued a statement on Wednesday dismissing reports that IRGC Qods Force Commander Major General Qasem Suleimani had recently held talks with Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah to urge him to prevent a possible preemptive attack on Israel and expression of extremist views by Hezbollah members.

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – The Coordination Council of Islamic Propagation issued a statement on Wednesday inviting the Iranian people to take part in demonstrations on May 18 across the country to protest a proposal for the formation of a union between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) - Iranian Majlis Speaker has congratulated Victor Emilio Granados Calvo and Oscar Martin Arce Paniagua on their election as the president of Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly and the president of Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies respectively, the Persian Service of IRNA reported on Wednesday.

TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) -- Nine petrochemical projects will be implemented in the current Iranian calendar year (began on March 20), which will boost the country’s output by 8 million tons.

TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) – Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency have agreed to continue talks on May 21.

TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) -- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that a balanced attitude by the West toward Iran’s nuclear rights can help sustain the positive atmosphere that prevailed at the Istanbul talks for the upcoming talks in Baghdad.

TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) – Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said that Israel’s stance toward the Islamic Republic has been to the detriment of the regime’s interests.