Iran

Chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaoddin Boroujerdi viewed establishment of security in the region as a prerequisite for the exploitation of resources existing in the Middle-East.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad extended his condolences to Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz on the demise of the King’s brother and ruler of Mecca, Abdul-Hamid bin Abdul-Aziz.

Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana are likely to continue their new round of talks in Switzerland, an informed source told FNA here on Monday.

Considering the several crises existing in the Middle-East, the region should not experience any new crisis, head of Oman’s parliamentary friendship group said.

Constructive and rich interaction with other world civilizations has been the secret to the success of Iranians’ cultural identity, Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said.

Leaders of the member states of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) will hold their ninth consultative summit in Riyadh mid- May.

The four years since US President Bush declared “Mission Accomplished” have been a legacy of missed opportunities, ineffectual plans, surges and course corrections that have always been too little, too late or both, critics say.

Iraq’s foreign minister said Sunday that he expects to soon see “substantive discussions” among US, Iranian and Iraqi diplomats on improving security and stability in his country. But it was unclear if the United States and Iran had agreed to a meeting.

Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi said that Tehran’s active participation in Iraq security conference in the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh played a significant role in defusing the US administration’s hostile measures against Iran.

Investigations into the case of Iran’s former nuclear negotiator Hossein Mousavian continue, an informed source told FNA here on Saturday.