Iran

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Ankara’s ambassador to Tehran said Turkish people adore the Iranian people and culture, and further stressed that the proper atmosphere dominating the two countries’ relations will yield interests galore for both sides.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs Sa’eed Jalili took the Zionist regime of Israel responsible for continued unrests in the region, stressing that the aggressive nature of that regime is the root cause of continued crisis in the Middle-East.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Saudi counterpart Saud al-Faysal bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud discussed the latest developments of Lebanon and the region during a phone conversation on Wednesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei is suffering from a severe bout of flu and that’s all.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Saudi Arabia and Iran are negotiating a deal to end the standoff in Lebanon, diplomatic sources said in Beirut on Thursday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The nationwide strikes in Lebanon were called off after a series of clashes erupted as a result of government’s increased pressures on army to confront strikers, an informed source said on Wednesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a phone conversation with his Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani on Wednesday stressed that undermining the popular government of Iraq is synonymous with betraying the Iraqi people and the Muslim Ummah (nation).

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Saudi Arabia’s National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Bandar bin Sultan is due to pay a visit to Tehran to attend talks with senior Iranian officials on Thursday, an informed source said.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar stressed that Iranian military forces will reciprocate even the smallest aggressive moves by the enemies with the most devastating and crushing response possible.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Hamid Reza Asefi warned that the Zionist regime of Israel is seeking to sow discord and foment ethnic war among Muslims, and called on Muslim clerics to inform nations of Tel Aviv’s crafty plot.