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Gambian Foreign Minister Bala Garba Jahumpa voiced his country’s support for Iran, stressing that Banjul will always accompany Tehran under all conditions.

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said that interventions by big powers, specially the US, are the root cause of all the catastrophes, problems and hardships of the Iraqi people, stressing that Iraqis themselves can stand against terrorists.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with Tehran’s new ambassador to Poland Hadi Farajvand here on Sunday, voiced Iran’s preparedness to develop ties with east European countries based on mutual respect.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad voiced his country’s enthusiasm for expanding ties with all the different world states, including those in northern and central Europe, based on mutual respect, reminding that Iran favors cordial and fair ties with all countries.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here on Sunday said that his country would open its embassy in the Gambian capital city of Banjul in the near future.

As a member of the African countries, Gambia always renders its political and spiritual supports to Iran against injustices, the country’s foreign minister Bala Garba Jahumpa said here on Sunday.

Gambia’s embassy in Tehran was inaugurated here on Sunday in the presence of the two countries’ foreign ministers.

Iranian First Vice-President Parviz Dawoodi said enemies have found out that they cannot defeat the Iranian nation through psychological warfare and they are, thus, now retreating their arrogant stances step-by-step.

Commander-in-chief of the Islamic Republic army Major General Ataollah Salehi warned enemies that any possible aggression against Iran will be struck back heavily.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman here on Saturday strongly condemned the terrorist blast in the Iraqi city of Karbala, which killed and wounded a number of innocent civilians and pilgrims, and described it as a criminal act in violation of the divine and Islamic values.