Iran

Iran to Complain to UN over Arrests in Iraq

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran said it would soon lodge a complaint with the UN Security Council about the kidnapping of five Iranians diplomats by the US troops during a raid on Iranian consulate general in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil.

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Iran Accuses US of Fanning Tensions with Iraq

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The war of words between Iran and the United States has intensified, with a senior official pointedly accusing Washington of trying to drive a wedge between Tehran and Baghdad and of fanning tensions between Sunnis and Shiites.

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Larijani: Invasion of Iran a Psychological War

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Ali Larijani described US invasion of Iran’s nuclear sites as impossible, stressing that the US build-up in the Persian Gulf and Washington’s threats serve as a part of a psychological war on Iran.

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Quakes Hit Southwestern Iran

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Two earthquakes measuring 4.4 and 4 on the Richter scale jolted Haft-gol and Bagh Malek in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan.

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Enemy Plots to Be Defused by Iranians

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Tehran’s Interim Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Imami Kashani said here today that the Iranian nation will respond and defuse the United States’ plots aimed at sowing discord between Muslim Shiites and Sunnites.

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Ahmadinejad Calls for Progress of Asian Nations

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with Singaporean parliament speaker here on Thursday stressed that Asian countries should play a complementary role in various areas in a bid to pave the ground for the progress of nations.

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