Iran

Iran and Tajikistan have agreed to exchange foreign tourists who take a trip to either country, an Iranian tourism official said here Saturday.

Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said that his country’s security coefficient has increased.

India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that Iran had the right to have nuclear energy as an NPT member.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday explained achievements of his tour to Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Haddad-Adel: Ambassadors should represent religious values. Parliament Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said on Thursday that Iranian ambassadors are expected represent the religious and Islamic values in the host countries.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for the bolstering of the Islamic Republic’s cooperation with Kazakhstan, reminding that the two countries enjoy intact investment, agricultural, industrial and energy potentials galore.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Thursday extended his congratulations to Bamir Topi and the Albanian nation and government on his election as the country’s president.

An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Haji Abad in the northeastern Iranian province of Southern Khorassan on Thursday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that his country and Kyrgyzstan can enjoy extensive and unrestricted cooperation in different areas.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with his Kyrgyz and Tajik counterparts on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the Kyrgyz capital city of Bishkek on Thursday.