Iran News

Head of Iran-Iraq friendship association Ali Agha-Mohammadi in a meeting with the Prime Minister of the local government of Iraq’s Kurdistan, Nichervan Barezani, on Wednesday stressed the need for the restoration of calm and stability in Iraq.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei Wednesday stressed that the upcoming talks between Iran and the US will only include a discussion of the duties of foreign troops for restoring security in Iraq.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said some agents working for the enemies of the Iranian nation seek to sow seeds of discord between Iran and regional countries while all regional states are cooperating with each other in a brotherly manner.

Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana decided to attend a new round of talks at the end of May.

Hezbollah’s spokesman Hossein Rahal said direct talks between Iran and the US would push Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora’s cabinet to failure.

Iranian parliament speaker in a meeting with his Moroccan counterpart here in Tehran on Tuesday, reiterated that the entire material and spiritual achievements and possibilities of the Islamic Republic in the various scientific and technological areas belong to the world of Islam.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here on Tuesday stressed affinity between the two Iranian and Egyptian nations, saying that Tehran’s preparedness to open embassy in Cairo displays the good intention of the Iranian nation.

An informed source privy to Iran-US talks denied earlier reports on an incoming meeting between Iran’s deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and Advisor to the US Secretary of State David Satterfield, describing the news as unfounded.

An Iranian lawmaker who devised the plan for the formation of Iran-US parliamentary friendship group said that his proposal is intended to display good intentions of Iranian and American nations.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed that bullying powers should give up their plots and leave the Persian Gulf region.