Middle Orient News

Police defused a small bomb at the American University of Beirut on Thursday in what appeared to be the latest of a series of attempts to cause explosions in Lebanon, security officials said.

In a message on the occasion of the new Iranian year 1386, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei named the new Iranian year 1386, the year of national unity and Islamic solidarity.

Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar Conveyed Separate Messages to the Defense Ministers of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan wishing them happy Norooz (new year).

President of Armenia Robert Kocharian stressed the point that the Armenian nation will not forget the assistances that the Islamic Republic of Iran provided to the Armenian nation during the hard times experienced by the Armenian nation.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the ceremonies marking inauguration of the pipeline project for the transfer of Iran’s natural gas to Armenia reiterated that Iran-Armenia joint projects reinvigorate friendship bonds between the two nations and cause expansion of mutual cooperation to the interest of the two nations as well as …

 In his message on the occasion of the new Iranian year 1386, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wished the Iranians a happy new year and reiterated that today Iran and Iranians are known in the world as symbols of ethics, faith, purity, culture, affection, unity and might.

Undersecretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council rejected New York Times’ news alleging that the Russian officials have made supply of nuclear fuel requirements of Bushehr power plant conditional on the suspension of enrichment activities.

The Iranian ambassador to France said that there reside two important points in Iran’s nuclear case i.e. recognition of Iran’s right in compliance with the NPT rules and regulations for the use of peaceful nuclear technology and presentation of guarantees concerning non-diversion of Iran’s nuclear program to military.

The legal deputy of the Iranian foreign ministry said that in order to preserve its independence, the Iranian nation has so far paid a heavy price and will not give up its inalienable rights.

The Iranian defense minister stressed the point that the likelihood of imposition of sanctions against Iran, multiplies the incentive of the elites of the country’s defense industries in the design and manufacture of modern home-made terminals and weapons.