Iran

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Head of Russia’s Federal Atomic Energy Agency Sergey Krienko is due to arrive here in Tehran on Monday to attend a meeting of Iran-Russia joint economic commission.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Visiting Palestinian Prime Minister Ismayil Haniyah here on Sunday paid tribute to the Father of the Islamic Revolution, the late Imam Khomeini.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran could play a crucial role in curbing Iraq’s Shiite militias if the U.S. opens a dialogue with Tehran as recommended by the Iraq Study Group, many in the Mideast say.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Just days after the Iraq Study Group recommended opening a dialogue with Tehran, Iranian foreign minister said his country would enter discussions on stabilizing Iraq only if the United States commits to a troop withdrawal.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, in a meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Ismayil Haniyah here on Saturday, called on the Palestinians to keep up their guard against the US and Israelis’ plots and conspiracies.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met the outgoing Bahraini Ambassador to Tehran here on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran’s nuclear progress and technology will reach a point before the end of this (Iranian) year that it could not be backtracked.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Fabrication of realities may not help the British statesmen solve their problems, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini said in response to the recent remarks by British officials about the threatening nature of Iran’s nuclear programs.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Chairman of Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy blasted the Israeli regime for forming a new ministry to work against Iran’s nuclear capabilities, stressing that the measure is meant to serve as a propaganda.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Deputy Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mohammadi Tuesday said Iran, as an unbiased state, would accept the truthfulness of the Holocaust if substantiating evidence is presented in this regard.