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BERLIN (Reuters) — European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Thursday he had failed to reach a deal with the chief Iranian negotiator on Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, but said they would hold another round of talks soon. Several Western diplomats who were briefed on Solana’s talks with Larijani …

TEHRAN — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has tightened his grip on the interior ministry by appointing his right-hand man to a key post just weeks ahead of two sets of elections, analysts said. The naming of Mojtaba Hashemi Samareh as deputy interior minister for political affairs is a tactical move …

NEGOTIATORS FOR IRAN and the European Union met Wednesday in Berlin for talks amid suggestions the US might be willing to defer seeking sanctions for a few weeks if there is a chance for a diplomatic resolution of the dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana …

The following is a transcript of remarks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.  Madam President, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Distinguished Heads of Delegation, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,  I praise the Merciful, All-Knowing and Almighty God for blessing me with another opportunity …

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday introduced Kermanshah MP Abdolreza Mesri to Majlis as his nominee for the post of minister of welfare and social security.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Monday urged banks and financial institutions in the country to be more flexible. Addressing the 46th general assembly meeting of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), he stressed that monetary systems of the country should also be more dynamic, adding that the approach to economic transactions should …

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Sunday expressed felicitations to the Iranian nation and Muslims all over the world on the advent of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

The new academic year in Iran began Saturday morning with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ringing the bell at a boy’s elementary school in southern Tehran.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Saturday that the young generation shoulders a heavy responsibility of nation building and helping avert a world catastrophe.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a meeting with members of the non-government research institute of the US Council on Foreign Relations, briefed them on the improper relations dominating the world equations, particularly in the post-World War II era.