Officials from six world powers are expected to meet Thursday for talks on persuading Iran to halt its uranium enrichment work.

An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Bam in Iran’s southeastern province of Kerman on Wednesday.

The 12 Iranian divers who had been arrested by the coast guard of the United Arab Emirates were released on Wednesday, Iran’s ambassador to the UAE Hamid Reza Asefi said.

Iran has the last word in the region and the world, Iranian parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said here on Wednesday addressing a meeting of Baseej (mobilized troops) commanders.

A prominent Iranian MP warned here on Wednesday that if some of the rights stipulated in the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are excluded, then Iranian parliament would not approve Iran’s membership in such a pact.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said his statements about Iran’s readiness to cooperate with the US for withdrawing its troops from Iraq are the result of a wrong quotation by Financial Times.

The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Tajikistan here on Wednesday signed five Memoranda of Understanding (MoU).

Secretary of Iran’s National Committee for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) stressed the need for those countries in possession of chemical weapons to dismantle their chemical arsenals by the year 2012.

A senior Iranian national security official here on Wednesday stressed that Tehran will not study any plan entailing suspension of its uranium enrichment activities.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to pay a visit to Tajikistan in the near future.