Western powers unanimously condemned communist North Korea’s announcement that it had completed an underground nuclear test. The West is in strong opposition against Iran as well, but officials stress the differences between the two countries. “Iran is a democracy. North Korea is a dictatorship led by a man who people …

“The detrimental consequences of the utilization of nuclear weapons will affect the entire humanity, while it may not yield any benefit to anyone,” Elham told reporters. Asked to comment on North Korea’s nuclear test on Monday, the spokesman stressed that Iran is strongly opposed to any kind of deployment of …

A statement released by the Foreign Ministry’s Information and Press Bureau said that Souren Haselvand Yenson was called to the Iranian Foreign Ministry to be informed of Iran’s disappointment with the repeated insults directed at the holy prophet of Islam (PBUH) and sacrilege of the religious sanctities of one and …