Middle Orient

Iranian Judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi stressed that Iraq is in need of an Islamic coalition which could stretch a protection umbrella over the heads of all Iraqi groups and forces.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said Iran enjoys excellent conditions and is stepping on the path of a giant movement and progress.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with Singapore’s Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong here in Tehran on Monday said that paying attention to human values, dialogue and interaction set the only way to resolve world problems.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad voiced Tehran’s preparedness to cooperate with European countries to establish peace, justice and human affinity.

Tehran and Damascus Monday took a further step in expanding and deepening their defense ties by endorsing a new protocol on defense cooperation.

Head of Iran’s Judiciary Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi stressed the need for enhanced judicial cooperation and exchanges among Islamic countries.

Iran on Monday postponed inauguration of the back up systems of its nuclear power plant in Bushehr to an unspecified future date.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki described practice of discriminatory approaches towards the use of new technologies as unjust and oppressive.

President of South Korea demands further development of ties with Iran in all the different economic, cultural and industrial grounds, chairman of the two countries’ parliamentary friendship group said here on Sunday.

The United States lacks the needed potentials and capabilities to take more military actions and engineer the international system, a strategy expert said here on Monday, adding that the US republicans are casting skin.