Iran

Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, heading a high-ranking delegation, left Tehran for Armenia on Tuesday.

Iran said it had drawn up a plan to restore stability to Iraq, including suggestions for the expulsion of private security firms and the integration of militias into the security forces.

Iran and Cuba have signed a protocol to establish a shipping company to increase bilateral trade.

Iran dismissed the possibility of a US military strike against the country Monday and said Tehran was ready to consider a new round of talks with Washington on security in Iraq.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Tuesday that Iranian nation are well-prepared to safeguard their faith and virtues, which are the key to their prosperity. 

Units of alien troops deployed at Iran’s borders with one of its neighboring countries abandoned their position in a great hurry after they received a warning from Iranian forces, Commander of the Iranian army said here on Monday.

Iran pursues cooperation with Afghanistan due to the two nations’ common religious beliefs, joint interests and shared borders, Iranian foreign minister said.

Iran said that it would consider possibility for continuing talks with Washington on Iraq if only US officials extended a relevant request to Tehran through diplomatic channels.

Iran will open a consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil on Tuesday, Tehran’s third such office in the war-ravaged country, a senior Kurdish official said on Monday.

An Iranian lawmaker said here on Monday that the Islamic Republic would certainly produce its needed nuclear fuel inside the country.