Iran

The Germany-Iran parliamentary friendship group is due to pay a visit to Tehran in the near future, Berlin’s ambassador to Tehran said.

Iran is today viewed as a powerful and influential country on the international scene, Iran’s ambassador to Thailand said.

In his outward persona at least, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to this country to lessen hostility toward himself and to defend Iran, not to rabble-rouse and provoke hatred. Whether he succeeded remains an open question.

Iranian defense industries succeeded in building a Radar-evading drone with the speed of 700 km per hour, a senior Iranian army official said Saturday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to pay a visit to Brazil next week.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Ali Aboul Gheit are likely to meet each other on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York this week, a senior Egyptian official said Saturday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Saturday felicitated Guinea-Bissau’s president, government and nation on the country’s Independence Day.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a message on Saturday extended his congratulations to Saudi king, government and nation on the country’s national day.

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar here Saturday said Iranian armed forces will give the most crushing response to any kind of threat.

Commander of the Iranian army’s naval force here Saturday warned that his troops will target the worldwide interests of any country which dares to invade Iran.