TEHRAN, May 1 (MNA) -- Iran national football team will hold a training camp in Austria from July 11 to 24 in preparation for the 2011 Asian Cup.

MADRID, May 1 (MNA) -- Iran Football Clubs Association (IFCA) visited Real Madrid Stadium Santiago Bernabeu on Thursday.

KISH, May 1 (MNA) -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran is one of the most powerful, respected, and civilized nations in the world.

TEHRAN, May 1 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said Iran’s ties with the countries member to the SAARC bloc are rooted in history.

TEHRAN, May 1 (MNA) -- The Iranian cabinet has ratified a directive which tasks a special committee with assessing the assets of senior government managers, their spouses, and their children.

TEHRAN, May 1 (MNA) – Iran never intends to launch military strike against any country, Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi stated on Thursday.

TEHRAN, May 1 (MNA) – Iran has won a four-year seat on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, an influential body committed to promoting gender equality.

DAMASCUS, April 28 (MNA) – Iran and Syria will hold a gathering of the Economic Follow-Up and Cooperation Development Committee in Damascus on Thursday and Friday.

TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) -- Iran’s Zob Ahan will take part in the 2010 Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship which will be held in Gresik-Surabaya, Indonesia from June 26 to July 4.

TEHRAN, April 28 (MNA) – Iran’s copper wire production factory in Belarus will be inaugurated next week.