The two-day visit is aimed at promoting the two countries’ economic cooperation. Informed sources told FNA that during the visit, Salih who is also accompanied by the Iraqi Commerce and Finance Ministers, will take the preparatory steps for the next week visit to Tehran by the Iraqi Premier Nuri al-Maliki. …
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TEHRAN (AP) — UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Monday urged more talks to resolve Iran’s nuclear standoff with the West even as Tehran’s hardline leadership said it was pleased with his visit and recent European overtures and accused the United States of sabotaging diplomatic efforts.
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Read More »IAEA Report Indicating Urgency for Resumption of Talks
“A considerable part of the report covered Iran’s extensive cooperation with the Agency and its inspectors,” Asefi said according to a statement released by the Foreign Ministry’s Information and Press Bureau.
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Read More »18 Survive Plane Crash in Northeastern Iran
Relief and rescue teams said that only 18 of the 147 passengers on board the crashed plane survived the incident.
Read More »President Ahmadinejad: West’s Allegations about Iran’s Nuclear Activities a Big Lie
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed that the west’s opposition to the peaceful nuclear activities of the Islamic Republic on the pretext of diversion to military purposes is a big lie.
Read More »US Pressure on Iran in Revenge for Vigilance of Muslim World
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel stressed that the United States’ pressures on Iran which are exerted on the pretext of the nuclear issue are in fact in revenge for the vigilance of the world of Islam.
Read More »Ahmadinejad Describes Bush Illogical
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad described his US counterpart George W. Bush as an illogical person for having shrunk from his proposal for a televised debate on global acceptability of the two countries’ rationales, measures and view points.
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