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Western powers unanimously condemned communist North Korea’s announcement that it had completed an underground nuclear test. The West is in strong opposition against Iran as well, but officials stress the differences between the two countries. “Iran is a democracy. North Korea is a dictatorship led by a man who people …

“The detrimental consequences of the utilization of nuclear weapons will affect the entire humanity, while it may not yield any benefit to anyone,” Elham told reporters. Asked to comment on North Korea’s nuclear test on Monday, the spokesman stressed that Iran is strongly opposed to any kind of deployment of …

A statement released by the Foreign Ministry’s Information and Press Bureau said that Souren Haselvand Yenson was called to the Iranian Foreign Ministry to be informed of Iran’s disappointment with the repeated insults directed at the holy prophet of Islam (PBUH) and sacrilege of the religious sanctities of one and …

Speaking in a meeting with the Qatari Ambassador to Tehran, Ali Abadi said Tehran is pleased to witness that Asian games are hosted by the Muslim country of Qatar and further expressed the hope that Doha would bring more honor and glory to the Islamic countries through efficient arrangement and …

During the meeting, the Indonesian envoy briefed the Iranian side about the railroad potentials and capabilities of his country in the manufacture of cargo wagons, compartments, train sets and export of the said products to various countries. He also said that the Asian Bank of Development has raised the possibility …

The seismological base of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University registered the quake at 11:15 hours local time (07:45 GMT). Deputy head of the Red Crescent Society of Kerman Province Ahmad Soltani told FNA that the relief and rescue squad are presently in the area. There are yet no reports …

“We will submit our protest to the Danish and Finish Ambassadors to Tehran and will follow up on the case through diplomatic channels,” Hoseini added during his first weekly press conference here on Sunday. A number of Iranian MPs, in a written notification to Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here on …

According to a statement released by the presidential Press Office, Ahmadinejad made the remarks in a cabinet meeting on Sunday afternoon, where he said that some bullying powers, due to their expansionist policies, seek to exercise hegemony over other countries through their technical possibilities and instruments.

Speaking to reporters in a fast-breaking ceremony thrown in the honor of Iranian orphans at the Presidential Office here Sunday night, Ahmadinejad reminded that the West has always done its best to defeat Iran in the last 27 years (after the Islamic Revolution).

Speaking to reporters in his first weekly press conference, Hoseini noted that the senior officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran have frequently declared that Tehran may never suspend its uranium enrichment activities. The official dismissed earlier reports by the Media about a short-term or 90-day suspension of enrichment by …