Commander of the Qods Corps of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) General Ghasem Soleymani warned West that any kind of military invasion of the Islamic Republic is doomed to defeat and failure.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met his Romanian counterpart Adrian Cioroianu on the sidelines of the 62nd annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Russia and China refuse to discuss possible new sanctions against Iran until the UN nuclear agency reports on Tehran’s answers to a series of questions about its past nuclear work at the end of the year, France’s Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said.

Oil and other petroleum futures surged amid supply concerns sparked by a decline in crude inventories at a key Oklahoma terminal.

Iranian President Ahmadinejad has pledged 1 billion dollars for the development of Bolivia’s economy.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has apologized to his Iranian counterpart over a media “misportrayal” of his recent warning about bracing for war with Iran over its nuclear program.

The leaders of Iran and Venezuela cemented an alliance aimed at countering imperialism while the Iranian president said he is pleased with a new ally in Bolivia and declared that together, “no one can defeat us.”

Iran on Thursday criticized the recent statements of the Argentine president who accused Tehran of lack of cooperation in solving the AMIA case, and said that those in charge of the incident escaped punishment due to the existing corruption in the judiciary system of that country.

Iranian and Indonesian presidents in a meeting in New York Wednesday afternoon underlined the need for the rapid formation of the two countries’ joint cooperation commission.

Vietnam’s Foreign Minister Pham Gia Kheim described Iran as a large country with a significant role in the region, and called for the boosting of his country’s trade ties and exchanges with the Islamic Republic.