Middle Orient

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with Director of the Political Office of Palestine’s Hamas Group Khaled Mashal here in Tehran on Tuesday, stressed that the Zionist regime of Israel is in its worst conditions ever and about to face its imminent demise.

Iran’s internationally admired film director Rasoul Mola-Gholipour, who has made masterpiece movies which won him many awards home and overseas, died Monday night when shooting a scene.

Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) here in Tehran on Tuesday dismissed the recent claims made by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director General Mohammed ElBaradei about suspension of Iran’s uranium enrichment activities.

In clear reference to the statements made by the IAEA Director General Mohammed ElBaradei about the likely halt of Iran’s nuclear activities, Islamic Republic’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki stressed that Iran’s legal nuclear activities have not changed.

Iran’s Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said that his country’s western borders enjoy an acceptable level of security.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that his country shares views with the Latin American states, specially Venezuela.

The 9th meeting of the Senior Officials Committee and the 7th meeting of the Foreign Ministers Council of the Indian Ocean Littoral States’ Regional Cooperation Union kicked off work here in Tehran on Tuesday.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro Moros underlined Iran’s right to access civilian nuclear technology, stressing that the Iranian nation seeks peace.

Visiting Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi met with Malaysian Senate Speaker Seri Pavanteh in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.

Taliban claim taking third Helmand district (Nawzad) Helmand province has been rocked by recent waves of Taliban attacks and counterattacks from patrolling British forces. Two British soldiers were killed Saturday in Sangin, the beginning of three days worth of clashes, by a Taliban rocket. Known Taliban commander Qari Hazarat is …