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TEHRAN (FNA)- The Bush administration has created the required infrastructure for attacking Iran and delivered his war plan to Obama, a senior Iranian military official said Saturday, adding that Obama’s election has provided Iran with a one-year opportunity to increase preparedness.

TEHRAN (FNA)- An Iranian lawmaker reminded Islamabad here on Friday that it is responsible for the life of the Iranian diplomat kidnapped in Pakistan earlier this month. In accordance with international conventions, diplomats enjoy political immunity, and therefore, safeguarding the life of kidnapped Iranian diplomat in Pakistan is up to …

The resolution was passed Friday by 70 votes to 51 while 60 countries abstained and 11 members were absent. Iran’s representative at the committee criticized the Canadian government’s misuse of ambiguities and gaps in the UN human rights organizations’ agenda and warned such a biased measure puts into question the …

TEHRAN (FNA)- EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said he hopes the Obama administration will engage in nuclear negotiations with Tehran. “We would like very much to see the United States more engaged,” Solana said in Washington in response to a question about his hopes for the next administration’s policy …

TEHRAN (FNA)- It would be credulous to trust the next US administration to fulfill its promises to change its strategy towards the Middle East, a cleric said. “The society should know that it is foolish to think that a change in the US governing body will change the country’s strategy …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday attended the film taking scene of a historical TV serial on aftermaths of Karbala event on Ashoura Day, titled “Mokhtar Nameh” in Ahmadabad-e-Mostowfi district of Tehran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Ground Force said enemies are using Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities as a pretext to wage a war on Iran, reiterating that the Islamic Revolution is the root cause of enemies’ hostility towards Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Imam Ali (AS) Religious Arts Museum is scheduled to host an exhibition of visual arts from November 25 to December 2 to raise funds for Iranian AIDS orphans. The exhibit will be held on the occasion of the World AIDS Day on December 1. The venue is located …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran said the advancements it has made in the past years have enabled it to enter dam construction contracts with other countries. Iranian specialists now provide consultation services for the design and construction of various sizes of dams, Energy Minister Parviz Fattah told reporters on Friday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s newly test-fired missile is fully radar-evading and cannot be traced, an Iranian lawmaker said. Heshmatollah Falahat-Pisheh was critical of wrong analyses being made by foreign agents about Iranian newly-test fired missile.