President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Monday said that the Iranian nation desires friendship and favors negotiation as a means of solving differences.

Germany’s big gas pipeline deal with Russia has been criticised by a US official, in a sign of Washington’s mounting unease about Berlin’s ties with Moscow.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A delegation composed of the members of the Disarmament, Weapons Control, WMDs Non-Proliferation and Foreign Policy subcommittee of the German parliament is due to pay a visit to Iran.