Iran News

Iran, Malaysia, Venezuela have signed a deal with Syria on Wednesday to build a 2.6-bln-dollar oil refinery in the centre of the Arab country.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei here Wednesday strongly rejected the recent claims made by the US about Iran’s involvement in military nuclear activities and the killing of US soldiers in Iraq.

Commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps underlined his troops preparedness to stand up to any kind of aggression, warning that IRGC will reciprocate aggressions with a crushing response.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad voiced preparedness here on Wednesday to attend open debates with former Presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Seyed Mohammad Khatami, his main rivals on the scene of politics.

Iran’s Economy Minister Davoud Danesh Jafari described the Untied States’ sanctions against his country’s banks as a maneuver serving propaganda purposes.

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel dismissed US sanctions against Iran, saying that the move proves Washington’s isolation in the international community.

Iran said on Wednesday that it views “positively” a US demand for more talks on improving Iraq’s security.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad introduced Gholam Hossein Nozari and Ali Akbar Mehrabian to the parliament as his nominees for the post of the Oil and Industries ministers, respectively.

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency started a third day of their last round of talks on issues related to the Islamic Republic’s P1 and P2 centrifuges here on Wednesday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a meeting here on Tuesday conveyed a message from Vladimir Putin to his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.