TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said here on Saturday that the US is seeking to foment and intensify ethnic and religious conflicts in the region in a bid to make up for the failures it has experienced so far.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Secretary of the Islamic Republic’s Expediency Council Mohsen Reza’ee said that the Untied States and Europe have desperately asked Iran to assist them with the issues of Iraq and Lebanon.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Russia’s National Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov is due to arrive in Tehran on Sunday.