Iran

Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran stated that the intentional negligence shown by the American authorities, prevented president Ahmadinejad from attending the UN Security Council meeting.

Tehran’s Friday prayers leader said here in Tehran on Friday that in case Americans enter a new scene with regard to Iran’s nuclear case, they will create a basic problem for themselves and the Middle East region.

 International and legal deputy of the Iranian foreign ministry Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that non-issuance of entry visa for the Iranian president and the accompanying delegation by the US is some kind of a hostile policy in connection with Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the mighty and tyrannized Iranian nation insists on its nuclear rights and will manage to overcome all bottlenecks without harm by making use of its rich culture and civilization.

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — The Security Council was to debate changes Thursday to a draft resolution toughening UN sanctions on Iran as sponsors stressed the importance of a united response to Tehran’s nuclear defiance.

LONDON — Gordon Brown may lead efforts to revive the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as a way of tackling Iran’s atomic ambitions, his most pressing foreign policy challenge once he becomes British prime minister.

Iranians residing in Japan celebrated Norouz (New Year) here on Wednesday.

Iran’s representative to an international conference in Russia, Seyed Reza Hashemi, stressed on Thursday on the need to transfer Russia’s remarkable experiences to Iran in the scientific and technological fields.

President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has recently said that Iran’s ties with the Arab states of the Persian Gulf region was as important to Syria as its bilateral relations with Iran, it was reported here on Thursday.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited unsupported children and young adults living in a social welfare complex in southern Tehran on thursday.