Iran

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Government Spokesman Gholam Hussein Elham here on Tuesday said that barring IAEA inspectors from entering Iran does not mean halt of cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran will replace its permanent representative to the United Nations Organization in the near future, an informed source said here on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Syria’s visiting Foreign Minister Walid Mualem stressed that no one can deny the positive and constructive role Tehran and Damascus play in the restoration of security and stability in Iraq.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani met with visiting Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mualem here on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari praised Iran and Syria’s initiative for organizing a foreign ministerial meeting of Iraq’s neighboring states in Baghdad.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Syrian counterpart Walid Mualem discussed bilateral ties and exchanged views about regional issues in a meeting here on Monday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Russia fulfilled a contract to sell air defense missiles to Iran, the head of the country’s state-run weapons exporter said on Tuesday.

AMMAN — Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday said he held talks with King Abdullah on the “urgency for a new strong initiative to effectively” address Mideast crises.

DUBAI (AP) — A second US aircraft carrier strike group now steaming towards the Middle East is Washington’s way of warning Iran to back down in its attempts to dominate the region, a top US diplomat said here Tuesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The committee for revising Iran’s relations with the International Atomic Energy Agency has decided to deny granting entry permits to 38 IAEA inspectors, a senior MP said here on Monday.