Iran

An Iranian lawmaker here on Monday called on neighboring countries to show active cooperation in quelling insecurities caused by terrorists who ferry across their shared borders with Iran, underlining that Tehran is seeking secured borders.

Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said that the terrorist operation in southeastern Iran on Sunday was a part of enemies’ psychological warfare against the Islamic Republic.

Iran-Khodro with an annual production rate of 245,000 cars was recognized as the fourth manufacturer of Peugeot Citroen in the world

Deputy Industries and Mines Minister Mehdi Mofidi said that Iran is now exporting cars to 35 world countries.

Iraq’s leaders today agreed on the agenda for a key political summit called by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in a bid to salvage Iraq’s unity government. Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, a Sunni Arab, said agreement came on the second day of preparatory talks involving some of the country’s most senior …

Afghanistan celebrated its independence from British rule yesterday with a military parade and a colorful display of the country’s national dresses, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan reported.

Commander of the Islamic Republic’s air force General Ahmad Mighani here Sunday said that his country would soon test a domestically-manufactured training jet called “Ya Hossein”.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei stressed that British, US and Zionist intelligence services are making maximum efforts to thwart unity among Muslims.

A senior military official said that the bandits who abducted 21 citizens on Chabahar-Iranshahr road in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan this morning are members of Abdul-Malik Rigi’s group.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to pay a visit to Tehran this fall to attend a summit of the Caspian Sea littoral states.