Iran

Member of Iran’s leftist Mosharekat party condemned the recent efforts made by the US to label the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist group, and called on all Iranians to show strong reaction against the measure

Commander of the Iranian Law Enforcement Police said that his troops would increase security measures and arrangements to defuse and confront terrorist operations by anti-Iran groups.

An Iranian police official said that the Iranian hostages kidnapped and taken to Pakistan by armed bandits on Sunday have been released by the Pakistani police and are about to be repatriated.

An Iranian lawmaker here on Monday called on neighboring countries to show active cooperation in quelling insecurities caused by terrorists who ferry across their shared borders with Iran, underlining that Tehran is seeking secured borders.

Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said that the terrorist operation in southeastern Iran on Sunday was a part of enemies’ psychological warfare against the Islamic Republic.

Iran-Khodro with an annual production rate of 245,000 cars was recognized as the fourth manufacturer of Peugeot Citroen in the world

Deputy Industries and Mines Minister Mehdi Mofidi said that Iran is now exporting cars to 35 world countries.

Iraq’s leaders today agreed on the agenda for a key political summit called by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in a bid to salvage Iraq’s unity government. Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, a Sunni Arab, said agreement came on the second day of preparatory talks involving some of the country’s most senior …

Afghanistan celebrated its independence from British rule yesterday with a military parade and a colorful display of the country’s national dresses, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan reported.

Commander of the Islamic Republic’s air force General Ahmad Mighani here Sunday said that his country would soon test a domestically-manufactured training jet called “Ya Hossein”.