Iran

Iranian and Pakistani presidents are expected to sign by next month the final contract on a $7.4 bln pipeline project which would take Iran’s gas to Pakistan and India, a senior Iranian oil ministry official said here on Saturday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to pay a daylong visit to Bahrain following his participation in the upcoming summit of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Saudi Arabia next week.

Vice-speaker of Thailand’s parliament stressed the need for Asian governments to consolidate ties and strengthen peace and friendship in the continent.

Iran’s Ambassador to Mexico Mohammad Hassan Ghadiri Abyaneh warned the United States against an invasion of the Islamic Republic, saying that in case of such aggression, US troops will have to go back home in caskets.

Substitute Friday prayers leader of Tehran Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said on Friday that production of nuclear bomb is religiously forbidden.

According to sources from the occupied Chechnya, conflicts grow between the groups of Chechen murtads (apostates, AKA national traitors). Moscow puppet leader Kadyrov with his high-and-mighty manners and sadism creates more and more number of enemies in his own environment.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei here on Wednesday said that all people from every religion and ethnic group and with any political disposition have the right to enjoy security without any discrimination. “All ranks of people with any religion and ethnicity and also with any political disposition are equal in …

Israel should seriously consider opening negotiations with Syria, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in closed discussions recently. Barak, Army Radio reported Thursday, said that Syria’s participation in the upcoming Annapolis peace summit could lead to direct talks between the countries.

President George W. Bush will welcome German Chancellor Angela Merkel to his Texas ranch on Friday where they will seek to show unity on Iran even as Tehran defies the West over its nuclear programme.   

US defense officials have signaled that up-to-date attack plans are available if needed in the escalating crisis over Iran’s nuclear aims, although no strike appears imminent, The Associated Press (AP) reported.