Iran

Senior Iranian and Algerian delegations headed by the two countries’ foreign ministers stressed their resolve to finalize 22 cooperation agreements.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, heading a high-ranking delegation, arrived here in Tehran on Wednesday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday underlined that the Iranian and Algerian people are seeking to expand world peace and security on the basis of justice.

Iran’s resistance and insistence on safeguarding its nuclear rights is about to start producing its fruits gradually, Ali Akbar Velayati, Advisor to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said.

Iran announced it has foiled a rebel plan to carry out a “terrorist act” in an oil-rich border province, adding it was on guard against Western plans to topple the Islamic Republic.

Days after asking India and others to “diminish” its economic ties with Iran, the US has said it can not determine New Delhi’s foreign policy.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, heading a high-ranking delegation, is scheduled to arrive here in Tehran on Wednesday.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel called on Afghan people, parliaments and government to confront petrification and extremism in that country.

Iranian and North Korean commerce ministers underlined the need for the pavement of the required grounds for the enhancement of trade activities and economic ties between the two countries.

The greatest sales and after-sale services agent of Iran’s Saipa Auto-Manufacturing Co. in Northern Africa started operation in Algeria on Tuesday concurrent with the visit to that country by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.