Middle Orient News

First vice speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran addressing British prime minister, Tony Blair said that Mr. Blair should not expect Iran to overlook obvious aggression against its territory.

Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Paris, addressing a meeting at Paris 11 University stated that pursuit of Iran’s nuclear case at the UN Security Council lacks legal and technical bases.

New Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina announced that his respective country is opposed to any sanctions to be imposed on Iran as a means for the settlement of Iran’s nuclear issue.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini termed the statements made by the US officials concerning Iran’s nuclear issues as illusive evaluations and assessments.

Iranian Foreign Minister made reference to Iran’s latest peaceful nuclear activities and said that discriminating the rights of the Iranian nation and depriving the people of Iran of the scientific progress and technologies that are required for sustainable development complies with no criterion.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has agreed to meet every two weeks for a peace talk with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to focus on the day-to-day movement and access of Palestinians in and out of Gaza, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Tuesday.

As many as 10 Palestinians were killed on Tuesday when the wall of a large cesspool in northern Gaza collapsed, flooding the village of Umm Nasser with raw sewage.

Even John Bolton, the neocon’s neocon and former United States ambassador to the UN, now admits it. Mistakes were made in the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq. Not regime change – he is unrepentant about that – but what happened next.

WASHINGTON – A Pentagon watchdog has found fault with four generals and five other officers for mistakes following the death of United States Army Ranger and former professional football star Pat Tillman in Afghanistan.

TEHRAN – When two British boats with 15 Royal Navy personnel were seized by Iran last week, all eyes turned to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The corps’ naval force carried out the operation, which Britain says happened in Iraqi territorial waters, and its commanders hold the key to the …