Iran News

Iran reopened five border crossing points with northern Iraq on Monday after a two-week closure.

Venezuela’s state airline Conviasa launched flights to Iran via Syria on Sunday with the aim of strengthening commercial relations among the three anti-American states.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that talks with the United States would only be possible if Washington changes its policy toward Iran.

Iran’s efforts to establish a single stance among Islamic countries eventually succeeded in preventing the Zionist regime of Israel from joining the International Military Sports Council (CISM).

A senior Iranian security official said that the country will reopen its shared borders with the Iraqi Kurdistan on Sunday.

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar underlined the need for the formation of Iran-Afghanistan joint defense commission and implementation of the contents of the two countries’ joint statement.

Head of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) Abdel Aziz Hakim and leader of the Sadr Movement Moqtada Sadr signed an agreement to start mutual cooperation within a joint committee.

The international Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) introduced Iran, with an annual production rate of 23 mln tons, as the 9th producer of gains among Asian states in 2006.

Two drug smugglers and an Iranian police officer were killed in shootouts outside a northeastern Iranian town that borders Afghanistan.

At least 17 people were killed and another 21 injured early Saturday in a road accident in northern Iran.