Iran

The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps is the most outstanding symbol of the Islamic Republic’s power and glory, said Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel highlighting the role and status of the IRGC in Iran.

An earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale jolted the cities of Hamedan and Bahar in Iran’s western province of Hamedan Sunday night.

Persian is the language of peace and friendship, said Iran’s ambassador to Thailand Mohsen Pak Ayeen during the opening session of the second Persian-language training course in Bangkok on Monday.

An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale jolted the city of Gorgan in Iran’s northern province of Golestan on Monday.

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Sunday said it is “impossible” for Tehran to yield to the key Western demand over its nuclear program, even if the UN Security Council imposes further sanctions.

The chief of the UN nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei will tell nations on its governing board this week Iran’s pledge of extra atomic transparency should be given a chance to work, not dismissed as a time-buying ruse.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini stressed his country’s insistence on the right to access civilian nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, underlining that Tehran has not changed its nuclear stances.

We are waiting for the inauguration of the largest nuclear power plant of the world of Islam, former head of Pakistan’s atomic energy organization said.

The first international conference on Reconstruction of Iraq’s Economy kicked off work here in Tehran on Sunday.

Head of Iran’s Assembly of Experts Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said his country is today enjoying proper economic and security conditions, and voiced Tehran’s preparedness to share experience with other nations, Iraq in particular.