Iran

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Monday said that any measure taken by the US in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine will be detrimental to the country itself.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Monday said that the Iranian nation desires friendship and favors negotiation as a means of solving differences.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A delegation composed of the members of the Disarmament, Weapons Control, WMDs Non-Proliferation and Foreign Policy subcommittee of the German parliament is due to pay a visit to Iran.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An American association called ‘Supporters of the Message of Peace for World’ has dispatched its members to Iran to convey to the Iranian nation a message of peace.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- French President Jacques Chirac on Friday expressed the hope that West and Iran can find a solution to the nuclear issue through dialogue, stressing that he “has never been a great believer in sanctions” and that he “has never been convinced of their effectiveness.”

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, in a meeting with Comoran Agriculture Minister Siti Kassim here on Saturday, viewed Muslim unity as an instrument for defusing the self-centered measures of the world powers.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- China and Russia said they would oppose a draft resolution imposing United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program as the Security Council’s five permanent members held their first meeting on the text.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei appointed Brigadier General Ahmad Miqani as the new commander of the Islamic Republic air force here on Saturday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that he would soon introduce lawmaker Mohammad Abbasi to the parliament as his nominee for the post of the Cooperative Minister.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Vice Chairman of Iran’s Islamic Consultative Assembly said here on Saturday that the United States has been pushed to take up not more than a marginal role, but it is still striving to achieve its goals through disturbing regional security.