Iran

Iran said on Wednesday that it views “positively” a US demand for more talks on improving Iraq’s security.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad introduced Gholam Hossein Nozari and Ali Akbar Mehrabian to the parliament as his nominees for the post of the Oil and Industries ministers, respectively.

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency started a third day of their last round of talks on issues related to the Islamic Republic’s P1 and P2 centrifuges here on Wednesday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in a meeting here on Tuesday conveyed a message from Vladimir Putin to his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Mohammad Zarei and Kia Qadami swooped six golds to help Iran celebrate the Asian junior men’s weightlifting title in advance in the Jordanian capital Amman Tuesday.

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad Sadiq said Iran’s gas is crucial for Pakistan to meet its growing energy demands.

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.

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.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is scheduled to arrive here in Tehran Tuesday night.

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.