News in Brief
Tehran offers nuclear cooperation to Riyadh
IRNA – Iran has reportedly proposed to cooperate with Saudi Arabia in its future nuclear projects.
Iran has said it is ready to train Saudi specialists in the nuclear field in line with the country’s use of peaceful nuclear energy, the Arabic-language newspaper, Rai Al-Youm, quoted diplomats from Western countries.
According to the report, Iran has proposed to train 600 Saudi experts, scientists, and personnel for the construction of nuclear facilities and other relevant issues.
Condolences extended to Iraq over deadly fire
IRNA – The Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Nasser Kanaani offered condolences to Iraq after a massive fire killed at least 113 people and injured more than 150 during a wedding ceremony in the northern Iraqi town of Hamdaniyah on Tuesday night.
Kanaani also voiced the Iranian health and medical sector’s readiness to help treat the people injured in the incident.
Pakistani Senate briefed on gas pipeline dilemma
DAWN – Pakistan’s Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat summoned the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Attorney General for Pakistan to brief the panel on objections reportedly raised by the US on the multi-billion-dollar Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project.
“We are trying to renegotiate the matter with Iran,” Petroleum Additional Secretary Hassan Yousafzai told the committee. The issue, he went on to say, was also raised with the US.
He noted that reneging on the deal with Iran could lead to a whopping $18 billion penalty.