Tehran and Islamabad have prepared the final version of an agreement for transferring Iran’s gas to Pakistan via a $7.4 bln pipeline, Iran’s top negotiator said.

The Iranian nation has always favored talks and negotiations, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, adding that his country is ready to negotiate with the West about everything but its rights.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel expressed surprise at the US Congress resolution for the disintegration of Iraq, underlining that the approval revealed Washington’s animosity towards the world of Islam.