TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel stressed here on Friday that the Iranian nation has poured to the streets to take part in the elections in a bid to show its loyalty to Islam and its hatred for the hegemonic powers.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Casting his ballot in the 4th Assembly of Experts, the 3rd local councils and the second by-elections of the 7th parliament elections, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Friday stressed that participation in elections is a religious duty.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Tehran’s interim Friday Prayers Leader Seyed Ahmad Khatami here on Friday said that the ruling by an EU court for lifting the freeze on the assets of the MKO members is a sign of the west’s support for terrorism.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with the visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Astana on Thursday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Two bombs went off in Sistan and Balouchestan province in southeastern Iran on Thursday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki Thursday voiced support for the companionship and solidarity of different sects, groups and people in Lebanon, and further underlined that aliens are not allowed to interfere with the domestic affairs of that country.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said enemies are not capable of confronting the Iranian nation.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with his Kazakh counterpart Kasymzhomart Tokayev on Thursday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Afghanistan’s first Vice-President is due to arrive here in Tehran on Saturday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini here on Thursday stressed that Tehran respects Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity while supporting a lasting and fair peace in the region.