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TEHRAN (FNA)- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with his visiting Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki in Beijing on Saturday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran dismissed on Saturday a warning by France’s president that the Islamic Republic was taking a dangerous gamble over its nuclear program because one day its arch-foe Israel could strike.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad extended his congratulations to Asif Ali Zardari on his victory in Pakistan’s presidential poll Saturday and said he hoped ties between the two countries would expand.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Israeli president said exercising a military option against Iran’s nuclear program would be an error, but meantime stressed that Tel Aviv is prepared for war with Tehran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to hold a conference on the Persian and Arabic languages at its Headquarters in Paris in December, an Iranian diplomat said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran`s Ambassador to Germany Mohammad Mehdi Akhoundzadeh Friday called for a deepening of bilateral legislative relations during his farewell talks with the head of the German-Iranian Parliamentary Friendship Group, Rolf Muetzenich.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Bolivian President Evo Morales says he’s moving the country’s lone Middle Eastern embassy to Iran as he builds increasingly warm ties with the Islamic Republic.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian archeologists have started the third phase of excavations at the country’s ancient Tappeh Shoqali site in the city of Varamin.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Top intelligence officials from Iran and Russia have agreed to boost bilateral ties in their fight against terrorism and extremism.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf is slated to serve on the jury of the 2008 Pusan International Film Festival.