Iran is thinking of halting its nuclear programme to avoid EU sanctions that will make it impossible to export most of its oil. Responding to a proposal by Russia to halt its nuclear programme in exchange for no imposition of sanctions, Iranian ambassador to Russia Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi said: "We need to study this proposal and to establish on what basis it has been made."

• April 26, 2012

Today in Baku Industry and Energy Minister of Azerbaijan Natig Aliyev has reported that Trans Caspian Gas Pipeline will be a separate system- it will not connect either to Shah Deniz infrastructure or any other infrastructure.

• April 24, 2012

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is in Tajikistan for talks with President Emomali Rahmon and other Tajik government officials.

• April 23, 2012

Iran is optimistic that talks in Baghdad next month will make progress toward resolving its nuclear dispute with world powers, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday.

• April 23, 2012

“Azerbaijan shares the concern of the international community on increasing nuclear threats and risks.

• April 21, 2012

India and Iran have had a long relationship stretching back to ancient times. Iranian (or Persian) influence has produced a deep imprint upon Indian art, poetry, architecture and literature. With periodic invasions, military adventures and constant cross-migrations between the two empires, the people of Iran and northern India share many cultural and ethnic characteristics.

• April 21, 2012

The decision by the National Commission on regulation the energy sector to give equal access to Ukraine’s gas-pipelines and underground reservoirs to private companies is bad news for Russia’s Gazprom and actually makes senseless the talks on creating a bilateral consortium between Russia and Ukraine Komersant-Ukrayiny reports Apr. 21.

• April 20, 2012

Turkish state-owned company EÜAŞ and Canada's Candu have signed an agreement today to build nuclear power plant in Turkey TRT Haber TV channel said on Friday.

• April 20, 2012