Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Tuesday described the US administration as a great source of disrepute for the American nation.

Turkey and Iran have agreed to build three power plants expected to use natural gas to generate 6000 MW and also plan to build hydroelectric plants together, a senior energy official confirmed recently.

UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Monday that the disputed deal reached last month between Iran and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is a right step forward to resolve Iran’s nuclear issue.

A Lebanese presidential candidate called for consolidated ties between Iran and all political groups of his country.

The navy has gained high potentials in manufacturing gunboats, battleships and vessels, commander-in-chief of the Iranian army’s naval force said Monday.

All independent nations should be able to make use of the nuclear energy, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a meeting with the Philippines’ new ambassador to Tehran, Alaeddin Vilacorte, here on Monday.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said attainment of common ideals requires increased convergence among Asian countries both in theory and practice.

Two foreign nationals who had been shot and left alone in the vicinity of the city of Khoy in western Azerbaijan province have been arrested by Iranian police, an Iranian Law Enforcement official said.

Iran’s Judiciary chief said arrogant powers’ animosity towards the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has resulted from the latter’s outstanding role in exporting revolution and bringing a major change to the movements of Islamic nations.

Baghdad is to export 100,000 barrels of crude oil a day to Abadan’s refinery in south of Iran, the Iraqi oil Minister said.