Iran

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called on government to regulate laborer-investor relations in a proper manner and remove the two sides’ feeling of insecurity to pave the way for the country’s economic prosperity through increased investment and value added.

A seven-member parliamentary delegation left Tehran for Havana on Monday.

Iran’s visiting Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar met with Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmonov in Dushanbe on Monday.

Owing to the vigilance of Iran’s armed forces, enemy is seeking to escape from the region, commander-in-chief of the Islamic Republic army said on Monday.

Iran has decided to take square strides in its economic activities and transient political pressures cannot deter Tehran from making progress.

Iran’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Hamid Reza Asefi on Sunday met with UAE’s Foreign Minister Abdallah bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan and discussed with him expansion of bilateral ties.

Iraq welcomes Iran’s participation in a conference this week on regional security, Iraqi national security adviser Mowaffak al Rubaie said.

Following his phone talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad agreed to dispatch his foreign minister to the security talks in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will attend the upcoming security talks on Iraq in the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheik, the ministry spokesman said here on Sunday.

A prominent Iranian lawmaker called on the US to release the five Iranian diplomats to pave the ground for Iran’s active presence in Iraq’s security talks in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.