Iran

Afghanistan’s ambassador to Tehran said that the US sanctions against Iran are harmful to the region, and stressed that the two sides’ differences should be resolved through negotiations.

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said that Tehran has documents proving that the US supports terrorist organizations in the Middle East.

Iran’s caretaker oil minister said the market had enough supplies of crude and OPEC was not to blame for the surge in oil prices.

The deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in Tehran on Monday for a further round of talks on the Iranian nuclear program.

A prominent Iranian lawmaker dismissed US efforts to impose a new round of sanctions on Iran as a violation of the international rules and regulations, saying that the measure is indicative of the failure of Washington’s policies. 

Iran has decided to reopen its consulate centers in the northern Iraqi cities of Erbil and Suleymaniah, an Iranian official said here on Saturday.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) deputy Director General Ollie Heinonen is scheduled to arrive here in Tehran on Monday to wrap up discussions on Iran’s P1 and P2 centrifuges, an informed source said.

OPEC’s second largest producer Iran has made a drastic cut in gasoline imports through rationing and saved over $1.2 bln in this Iranian year.

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar underlined that his country’s missiles capability is not meant to pose a threat to any other country and merely serves as a deterrent to enemy invasion.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to pay a visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia next month to attend the third summit of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).