Iran

Vice-Speaker of the Iranian parliament Mohammad Reza Bahonar said the second summit of the heads of Caspian Sea littoral states in Tehran indicated success of Iran’s strategy for sparking regional and international convergence through dialogue and understanding.

Iran on Wednesday assured of its continued efforts to set a kidnapped Japanese student free, but meantime, called on Tokyo to refrain from direct intervention in the case

An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Taybad in Iran’s northeastern province of Khorassan Razawi on Wednesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed technical problems for the delays in completing Iran’s first nuclear power plant, being built with Russian help.

Czech-Iranian relations should be stabilized and a space for communication should open, Czech Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zuzana Opletalova told CTK after a meeting between Foreign Minister Karel Sschwarzenberg and Iranian parliament foreign committee head Alaaddin Borujerdi Tuesday.

The five Caspian Sea littoral states adopted a declaration at their second summit on Tuesday in Tehran, pledging to deny access to third countries who intend to use force against any Caspian state.

Russian President Vladimir Putin here on Tuesday reiterated Moscow’s assistance to Iran’s peaceful nuclear programs.

Iranian intelligence and security forces on Tuesday arrested three terrorists in charge of several blasts in the city of Ahwaz in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan.

Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow viewed the final statement of the second Caspian Sea summit in Tehran as a proper step towards resolving the issues remaining among the littoral states.

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said the second Caspian Sea summit in Tehran proved that the littoral states would succeed in finalizing a legal regime for the sea.