Iran

An explosion rocked the city of Shiraz in Iran’s central province of Fars on Monday.

Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi here on Monday said supporters of the usurper regime of the Zionists should account for Israelis’ crimes to world public opinion.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad described the US president’s recent allegations about Iran as a grave mistake, saying that Bush’s threats to Iran would bear no fruit for Washington.

Iranian parliament speaker in a meeting on Sunday called on the secretary general of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to raise Iraq’s problem as an urgent agenda in the IPU meeting in Geneva.

German ambassador to Tehran voiced his country’s resolve to further consolidate and develop all-out ties with Iran.

Iranian and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts are scheduled to continue their next round of talks in Tehran on Tuesday.

Iran reopened five border crossing points with northern Iraq on Monday after a two-week closure.

Venezuela’s state airline Conviasa launched flights to Iran via Syria on Sunday with the aim of strengthening commercial relations among the three anti-American states.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that talks with the United States would only be possible if Washington changes its policy toward Iran.

Iran’s efforts to establish a single stance among Islamic countries eventually succeeded in preventing the Zionist regime of Israel from joining the International Military Sports Council (CISM).