Iran

Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel cancelled a speech to the Council of Europe in protest at an invitation to the head of the outlawed Iranian opposition.

The financing of a $3.5 billion investment in Iranian gas production will come entirely from a state-owned company, as US opposition has put off foreign investors, officials at the Turkish Energy Ministry said yesterday.

Iran said despite the US’ “psychological war” against it, Washington is not in a position to launch a costly military offensive against the Islamic Republic after being embroiled in Iraq.

We all support the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), former Iranian Parliament Speaker Mehdi Karroubi said, underlining solidarity of Iran’s left and right camps against the US efforts to label the IRGC as a terrorist group.

Palestinian ambassador to Tehran Salah Zawawi here in Tehran on Tuesday dismissed any compromise with the Zionist regime in the so-called peace conference in the US, stressing that Palestinians want the Holy Qods back as their capital.

The younger generation should know that dethroning of the Shah and liberation of Palestine were the main causes of Imam Khomeini’s movement, former Iranian Parliament Speaker Mehdi Karroubi said here on Tuesday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki stressed Tehran’s policy for developing ties with African countries, and said that the Islamic Republic strives to utilize potentials on both sides to bolster mutual cooperation.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday the United States was in no position to start a war against Iran given its military commitment in Iraq.

Intelligence agencies of certain regional states have launched extensive efforts to identify arsenals and military depots of the Lebanese Hezbollah group.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a message to Horst Koehler on Tuesday extended his congratulations to the German president, government and nation on the country’s national day.