Middle Orient

Spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry termed trespassing of the territorial waters of Iran by the British forces as dubious and illustrative of unusual objectives pursued by them.

British Marines currently in custody of Iran were fully aware of their presence in the Iranian waters and the recordings by devices in the British vessels confirm the fact.

Aggressor British forces were transferred to Tehran.

British Charged’ affairs to Tehran, Kate Smith was summoned to the Iranian foreign ministry in the absence of the ambassador of that country and Iran’s serious protest was expressed to her.

Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran stated that the intentional negligence shown by the American authorities, prevented president Ahmadinejad from attending the UN Security Council meeting.

Tehran’s Friday prayers leader said here in Tehran on Friday that in case Americans enter a new scene with regard to Iran’s nuclear case, they will create a basic problem for themselves and the Middle East region.

 International and legal deputy of the Iranian foreign ministry Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that non-issuance of entry visa for the Iranian president and the accompanying delegation by the US is some kind of a hostile policy in connection with Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the mighty and tyrannized Iranian nation insists on its nuclear rights and will manage to overcome all bottlenecks without harm by making use of its rich culture and civilization.

BASRA (Reuters) — Gunmen clashed on Thursday in the port city of Basra, the hub of Iraq’s great southern oil field that is the source of most of the country’s wealth.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) — The Somali government said on Thursday that Al Qaeda had made a young Islamist commander its leader in Mogadishu as fighting raged for a second day in the coastal capital.