Iran

Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said that during his sojourn in Pakistan, officials of that country promised to counter insecurities along shared borders with Iran’s Sistan and Balouchestan province.

A prominent Iranian lawmaker said that imposition of international sanctions on the Islamic Republic serves Iran’s interests in the long run as the measure leads into the activation of the potentials of the talented Iranian youth and scientists.

Friday Prayers leader of the Iraqi city of Najaf here in Tehran on Friday stressed that there exists no civil war in his country and that the present unrests are originated and led from outside Iraq.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei stressed the need for the compilation of an Islamic unity charter, saying that the vigilance of the world of Islam is a great threat to arrogant powers and system of the world hegemony.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel stressed the need for Muslim scholars to show enhanced activity in promoting Islamic vigilance and defusing enemies’ plots.

Tehran’s Interim Friday Prayers leader Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati called on all Muslim scholars, writers and people of education to strive to cement Muslim solidarity.

Tehran and Bern on Thursday voiced preparedness to expand cooperation on urban issues.

Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) praised the wise decision of Iranian president about pardoning the 15 British troops who trespassed on Iran’s territorial waters.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, in a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki on Thursday voiced pleasure with the release of the 15 British troops and described it as a wise decision.

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani during a phone talk with EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana voiced Tehran’s preparedness to attend talks with the West, an informed source at the Secretariat of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said.