Third secretary of Japanese embassy in Tehran voiced deep enthusiasm of his country’s companies to make investments in Iran, saying that Tokyo seeks to expand ties with Tehran.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad underlined that development of relations with the neighboring countries sets a top priority for the Islamic Republic.

Iran warned the UN Security Council on Monday against imposing new sanctions over its nuclear activities, saying such a move would render its cooperation with the UN atomic agency and other talks “sterile”.

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) started a third round of talks in Tehran on Monday to resolve the remaining issues between the two sides

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad underlined brotherly and consolidated ties between Iran and Turkey, saying that no foreign actor or element may undermine Tehran-Ankara relations.

The new caretaker of the Iranian oil ministry, who ascended to power a few days ago after Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh was exempted from service in a cabinet reshuffling by President Ahmadinejad, has just started vast changes in the country’s giant oil industries

Governor General of Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan summoned Pakistani consul to warn him about the delayed repatriation of the 12 hostages released by that country’s police after being kidnapped by armed bandits on Sunday

Member of Iran’s leftist Mosharekat party condemned the recent efforts made by the US to label the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist group, and called on all Iranians to show strong reaction against the measure

Commander of the Iranian Law Enforcement Police said that his troops would increase security measures and arrangements to defuse and confront terrorist operations by anti-Iran groups.

An Iranian police official said that the Iranian hostages kidnapped and taken to Pakistan by armed bandits on Sunday have been released by the Pakistani police and are about to be repatriated.