Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki stressed Tehran’s policy for developing ties with African countries, and said that the Islamic Republic strives to utilize potentials on both sides to bolster mutual cooperation.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a message to Hu Jintao on Tuesday extended his congratulations to Chinese president, government and nation on the country’s national day.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with his Kuwaiti counterpart Muhammad al-Sabah on the sidelines of the 62nd United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York.

Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Miliband stressed Iran’s inalienable right to use nuclear technology.

Iranian and Bangladeshi foreign ministers in a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Meeting in New York underlined the need for the further development of the two countries’ relations.

Leader of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC)Abdel Aziz Hakim, who underwent medical treatment in a Tehran hospital, could eventually get rid of his lung cancer after tests and CT Scan images revealed that his swelling and inflammations have healed.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel is due to leave Tehran for Strasburg, France to address the Fall Meeting of the European Parliament Council.

A total of 120 bln rials will be earmarked for projects to repair historical monuments including edifices, national gardens, bazaars and historical textures, said a report by Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization’s Cultural Heritage Department.

While in conversation with an industry source based in Iran, a polymerupdate team member was told today that the refineries of Lavan and Bandar Abbas have to be privatized by the Iran Oil Ministry by January 20th.

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer has ruled out his country’s involvement in any United States-led military action in Iran.