Iran

Iran’s vice president and head of physical education organization, Mohammad Ali Abadi and South Korea’s minister of culture and tourism, Kim Jong-min signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on sports cooperation.

An Iranian lawmaker here on Friday said that the US is the greatest terrorist in the world, noting the United States’ terrorist operations worldwide.

Tehran has threatened to bar major German banks that are pulling out of Iran due to US pressure and steep administration costs from returning to the country.

Frontier Corps Balochistan on Thursday arrested 68 people in deserted area of Nokkundi near Pak-Iran border and handed over them to Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for further investigation,.

Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar Thursday underlined full preparedness of his country’s armed forces, saying that Iranian troops are closely monitoring enemy moves in the region.

Iran’s first Vice-President Parviz Davoudi extended his congratulations to the Uzbek government and nation on the country’s national day.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini said the US has not yet announced the exact date for a meeting between the five Iranian diplomats kidnapped by the US troops in Iraq and their family members.

Iran’s first Vice-President Parviz Davoudi extended his felicitations to the Kyrgyz government and nation on the country’s national day.

An Iranian military official said here on Thursday that the US efforts to label the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group are aimed at launching a psychological war against the Islamic Republic.

With Libya at the helm, and Iran, Cuba and Pakistan among the 20 nations participating, a United Nations-convened meeting in Geneva next week will begin to lay the groundwork for a global conference on racism in 2009.