Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here in Tehran on Monday said enemies are fearful of the Islamic Republic army and do not dare to invade Iran.

Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev, heading a high-ranking delegation, arrived here in Tehran on Monday.

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad extended his congratulations to Yasuo Fukuda on his appointment as Japan’s new prime minister.

An Iranian parliamentary delegation left Tehran for Italy this morning to attend talks with their counterparts in Rome.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to arrive here in Tehran Monday night to attend the summit of the heads of Caspian Sea littoral states.

Iran’s president is expected to nominate caretaker Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari as permanent minister by the end of this week or next week, a presidential aide said on Sunday.

Iraqi Kurdistan said Iran had reopened its border crossings with northern Iraq after closing them last month due to prevailing insecurities.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to pay a visit to Tehran on Tonight to attend a summit of the Caspian Sea littoral states.

Head of the Muslim Scholars’ International Union Sheikh Yusef Gharzawi said that defending Iran against enemies is a religious duty for all world Muslims.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Iran this week despite a warning by his secret service that an alleged plot to assassinate him has been in the works, the Kremlin press service said Monday.