Middle Orient

My husband has been kidnapped by Turkish security and intelligence forces, said spouse of Asgari, the former Iranian deputy defense minister who was kidnapped in Turkey more than 4 months ago.

Iranian diplomat Jalal Sharafi who was released last week after he had been kidnapped in front of Iran’s embassy in Baghdad two months ago said that he had undergone the most horrible tortures in the first 15 days of his detention by the CIA agents.

Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ezhehee stressed that Iran is one of the world’s most secure countries.

Iranian and Afghan foreign ministers here on Wednesday endorsed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to reorganize and modernize the signs and documents of the two countries’ shared borders.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has succeeded in entering the phase of industrial nuclear fuel production following its significant technological progress at Natanz enrichment facility, head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Agency (IAEO) Gholam Reza Aghazadeh said on Monday.

Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani stressed that pressures and sanctions may not affect Iran’s progress and activities in the field of nuclear technology.

Deputy head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) Mohammad Sa’eedi said Iran’s industrial production of nuclear fuel is not synonymous with the installation of 3000 centrifuges.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said production of nuclear fuel by his country would serve world peace as well as development and welfare of the Iranian and other world nations.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Monday stressed that full access to the nuclear fuel production technology is a beginning to longer strides in the domain of science and technology.

Iran’s Chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani in the northeastern city of Mashhad on Monday stressed that his country would not compromise with anyone on national interests in the sphere of nuclear energy.