Iran

Two Chinese nationals have been arrested on charges of taking photographs from a military site in the city of Arak in central Iran, Judiciary Spokesman Alireza Jamshidi said.

An Iranian lawmaker viewed Hezbollah’s 33-day defense against Israeli invasion as among the most exceptional wars in recent decades, saying that Lebanese resistance brought the Untied States’ Greater Middle-East plan to mere failure.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov stressed development of the two countries’ relations in all the various areas and at all levels.

One of the two kidnapped Belgian tourists who were abducted by bandits on Bam road in southeastern Iran was released by the Iranian law enforcement police yesterday afternoon, an informed source said on Wednesday.

Senior Iranian officials and their Turkmen hosts signed four cooperation agreements and one joint statement at the end of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s two-day visit to the northern neighbor.

Saudi Arabian beverages company Aujan Industries is investing $100 million (Dh367 million) in two factories in Iran to tap the drinks market in the Persian Gulf’s most populous country.

China will be traveling to the unknown when they make their second appearance in the ongoing Asian Zone Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers against the mysterious side in the competition, Iran, as the Indians try their luck against hot favorites Japan at Al Mamzar Beach this night.

 Nicaragua’s new left-wing president has begun building a strategic alliance with Iran, calling America a “terrorist nation.”

Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Shara dismissed on Tuesday US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s recent allegations about existence of tension between his country and Iran.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged neighboring Turkmenistan to cooperate in fighting terrorism and smuggling.