Iran

Ahmadinejad tours Latin America

CARACAS (AFP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is locked in a tense standoff with the United States, arrived Saturday in Venezuela for talks with his ideological “brother,” President Hugo Chavez.

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US Anti-Iran Plans Fruitless

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- All the plans devised by the United States against Iran have now proved to be a failure, Iranian Deputy Interior Minister Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr said here on Friday.

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Diplomats Debate Role of Iran in Region

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Former Iraqi Defense Minister Sa’adoun Al Dulaimi stressed that sending additional American troops to Iraq will not bring peace to the war torn country,.

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Iran Summons Swiss Ambassador

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Iraqi and Swiss envoys to Tehran over the detention of five Iranian staffers at a diplomatic mission in northern Iraq.

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China Tells US not to Meddle in Ties with Iran

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- China warned the United States not to meddle in its trade relations with Iran after Washington expressed concern about a planned investment by a Chinese oil company in an Iranian gas field.

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US Senators Warn Bush to Stay out of Iran

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- US President Bush’s warnings to Iran and Syria and the arrest of six Iranians in Iraq by US troops raised eyebrows on Capitol Hill, where senators warned Bush against widening the nearly four-year-old war.

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Iran, China to Finalize Gas Deal

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The Islamic Republic will hold talks with China next month to finalize a 16-billion-dollar gas agreement despite America warning that the Chinese partner could become subject to sanctions, an official said Thursday.

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Iran, Syria Denounce Bush’s Iraq Plan

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran and Syria on Thursday denounced President Bush’s new Iraq strategy that blames them for fueling violence in the war-torn country, and they said the plan to send more US troops would only increase bloodshed.

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