Iran

Iran said a warning by the French foreign minister that the world should brace for war with Iran damages the credibility of France and is out of line with EU policy.

Iran has massively cut down its dependence on the dollar in the face of US pressure over its nuclear program and now 70 percent of its foreign assets are saved in other currencies or in gold, an official said on Monday.

Iran’s ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Hamid Reza Asefi stressed the need for Tehran and Abu Dhabi to endorse the required agreements to support the two countries’ labor force.

Lieutenant commander of the ground force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said IRGC will stand against every threat posed by the world powers to the Islamic Republic.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Tehran’s policy on Lebanon is based on supporting consensus among the Lebanese and encouraging all the relevant parties to move towards mutually agreed solutions.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Tehran is prepared to attend the next round of talks with the US if it is requested by the Iraqi government.

An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale jolted the city of Tabriz in Iran’s northwestern province of Eastern Azarbaijan Sunday morning.

Enriched uranium fuel is ready to be shipped from Russia to Iran’s first nuclear power plant, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Saturday.

As a way to draw attention from American shortcomings in Iraq, the US is accusing Iran of trying to destabilize the war-torn country, the Iranian ambassador to Iraq said.

A Belgian man taken hostage by bandits in southeast Iran last month was reunited with his parents in Tehran on Saturday after Iranian forces helped secure his release, Iran’s foreign minister said.