Kidnappers holding a Japanese student taken hostage in Iran are still holding him outside the Islamic republic in the border zone between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the judiciary said on Tuesday.
Read More »France Badly Discredited by Obedience to US
Tehran dismissed the recent statements made by the French defense minister about Iran’s nuclear activities, saying that such meaningless remarks which bear no value undermine France’s international status.
Read More »Russian FM Due in Tehran Tonight
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is scheduled to arrive here in Tehran Tuesday night.
Read More »Portuguese Ambassador Summoned to FM
Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned Portugal’s ambassador to Tehran to voiced Iran’s strong protest at a recent statement issued by his country as the current EU presidency in support of anti-Iran terrorists.
Read More »Iran-Russia Ties Expanded following Putin’s Visit to Tehran
The visit to Tehran by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his private meetings with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei brought further development to Tehran-Moscow relations, Russian envoy to Tehran said.
Read More »Mottaki to Leave for Baghdad
 Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is due to pay a daylong visit to Baghdad on Wednesday.
Read More »Ahmadinejad Dismisses US Sanctions on Iranian Banks
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here on Tuesday dismissed US decision to cut off financial relations with his country’s banks as meaningless.
Read More »US Made to Change Game after Iran’s Cooperation with IAEA
 Iran’s foreign minister said that his country’s cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog has made the US change the game and create another problem for the Islamic Republic as it perceives the pending solution of Tehran’s nuclear issue.
Read More »US Sanctions Discredit Washington’s Allegations about Global Peace
The United States’ new sanctions against Iran show that Americans are not at all interested in the prevalence of peace and tranquility in the region and world, Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said.
Read More »Iran, IAEA Start 2nd Round of Talks
Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency started a second day of their last round of talks on issues related to the Islamic Republic’s P1 and P2 centrifuges here on Tuesday.
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