Iran

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.

India welcomes formation of the Palestinian National Unity Government resulted from efforts made by all Palestinian parties, it was reported here Thursday.

The United States has informed the Indian government that it is opposed to the building of a pipeline to carry gas from Iran to India via Pakistan, US Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said.

In a message on the occasion of the new Iranian year 1386, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei named the new Iranian year 1386, the year of national unity and Islamic solidarity.