Iran

Iranian deputy foreign minister underlined the need for the rapid annihilation of chemical weapons in every possible way.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad voiced pleasure with the developing ties between his country and Armenia, and called for the further bolstering of all-out cooperation between the two states.

Iran’s first Vice-President Parviz Davoudi extended his congratulations to Konstandinos Karamanlis and the Greek government and nation on his appointment as the country’s prime minister.

The US refrains from decreasing and dismantling its chemical weapons despite international calls, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said.

Iran is capable of exporting technologies to other countries, a research official said.

An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Khesht in Iran’s southern province of Fars on Monday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, heading a high-ranking delegation, left Tehran for Armenia on Monday.

Iran’s new nuclear negotiator will hold Tuesday his first talks with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on the atomic crisis with the West.

In a new development, Islamabad has communicated to Tehran that Pakistan is ready to import five billion cubic feet of gas per day through the proposed $3.6 billion Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas line to make the project more economically viable as India is currently pursuing a wait and see policy, a …

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini warned the world about the recent statements made by the US president against Iran’s nuclear activities, stressing that the stances adopted by George Bush pose a threat to the world peace and security.