Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to attend a meeting in New York this week with the critics of the US administration’s hawkish policies.

Iran on Saturday exhibited new home-made warfare equipment at a military parade in Tehran marking the Iraqi invasion in 1980, which led to an eight-year war (1980-1988).

Iran’s energy minister will pay a visit to Turkey next month to finalize a preliminary natural gas deal, the Turkish energy minister said yesterday.