Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh said on Wednesday that Iran is entitled to diversity in using renewable energy sources and that it is determined to materialize such a right.

An international conference will seek solutions to the Iraq conflict on Thursday but possible talks between US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki could grab the limelight.

The United States looks likely to meet with some of its staunchest Mideast foes – Syria and Iran – at a summit of leaders that begins in Egypt Thursday, in an effort to ease regional tensions.