Middle Orient

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is set to purchase 100 Russian Topolov-204 and Topolov-214 planes over the next 10 years.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will oversee the signing of agreements to strengthen economic ties with Iraq on Monday on the second day of his landmark trip to Baghdad.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A military strike against Iran would be unlikely to succeed and would only inflame tensions in the Middle East, an influential group of British MPs warned on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The first Comoran Ambassador to Tehran Ahmad Mujib Al-Mazouqi submitted a copy of his credentials to Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Saturday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Ambassador to Tanzania said his country does not want confrontation with the West on its nuclear program, and called on members of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), including Tanzania, to intervene.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that his visit to Iraq aims to stage and reiterate Islamic Republic’s solidarity with the Iraqi government and nation.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi President Jalal Talabani Sunday said that during the meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the two sides have not discussed border issues.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki recommended the UN Security Council to act from a powerful, realistic and brave stance and thwart unilateral pressures exerted by certain states on Iran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini described deployment of a US warship in Lebanese water as “a fully suspicious and provocative measure”.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad described his today visit to Iraq as a long stride towards further deepening of ties between the two Muslim nations.