TEHRAN, May 29 (MNA) -- The first session of the trial of Jundullah terrorist group leader Abdolmalek Rigi was held in Tehran on Thursday.

TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) -- Nick Bostrom, a professor of philosophy at Oxford University, says the 20th century “reaped the fruits of basic ideas that had been sown earlier.”

TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) -- Iran defeated New Zealand in the 8th Asian Youth Girls' Volleyball Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Tuesday.

TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) -- Iran has gone down one peg in the latest world rankings issued by FIFA on Wednesday.

TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) – Ali Larijani, the uncontested candidate for the post of speaker, remained in his post for the third times with 214 votes in favor and 44 abstentions.

TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) – The 6th edition of Electra Tech Expo opens on Thursday in Damascus, Syria.

Some 300 companies from 45 countries are present in the international exhibition.

TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) -- Iran’s cultural attaché office in Ankara is holding a Quranic and cultural week that began on Tuesday at Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) – A conference on commerce and investment in the oil and petrochemical industry in Iran and China was held in Ningbo, China, on Tuesday.

TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) -- The 7th International Civil Engineering and Building Construction Exhibition (CIBEX 2010) kicked off in Kish International Exhibitions Center on Monday.

TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) -- Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was released from Tehran’s Evin prison on Tuesday on bail of 2 billion rials (about $200,000).