Ahvaz, Iran News

The 10th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial , displaying over 500 works by Iranian and foreign cartoonists, was inaugurated during a ceremony at Tehran's Saba Art and Cultural Institute on Monday.

Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said here Sunday that Iran's natural gas exports to Turkey will increase following the establishment of a planned joint pipeline, according to Press TV.

A major pipeline coming from Iran's southwestern city of Ahvaz has been partially established and it is planned to be completed with the participation of Turkish private companies in order to boost Iran's gas exports to Turkey, Qasemi said on the sidelines of his Sunday meeting with Turkish Minister of Development Cevdet Yilmaz in Tehran.

These photos show the village women of Andika region of Khuzestan province in Iran, some wearing their colorful traditional dresses.