TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran’s defense minister Mustafa Mohammad Najjar said on Sunday that making new weapons in Iran will boost Islamic Republic’s authority.

TEHRAN, (ISNA)-The Algerian foreign minister Mourad Medelci and four other ministers of Algeria arrived in Tehran on Saturday to prepare the grounds for the visit of Algeria’s president Abdul- Aziz Bouteflika.

TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran and Ecuador signed two memorandums of understanding on fisheries and agriculture. This is the first time that Iran and Ecuador sign MoU. The two memorandums are mainly a result of discussions between Iranian and Ecuadorian private sections.