All independent nations should be able to make use of the nuclear energy, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a meeting with the Philippines’ new ambassador to Tehran, Alaeddin Vilacorte, here on Monday.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said attainment of common ideals requires increased convergence among Asian countries both in theory and practice.

Two foreign nationals who had been shot and left alone in the vicinity of the city of Khoy in western Azerbaijan province have been arrested by Iranian police, an Iranian Law Enforcement official said.