The resolution was passed Friday by 70 votes to 51 while 60 countries abstained and 11 members were absent. Iran’s representative at the committee criticized the Canadian government’s misuse of ambiguities and gaps in the UN human rights organizations’ agenda and warned such a biased measure puts into question the …

TEHRAN (FNA)- EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said he hopes the Obama administration will engage in nuclear negotiations with Tehran. “We would like very much to see the United States more engaged,” Solana said in Washington in response to a question about his hopes for the next administration’s policy …

TEHRAN (FNA)- It would be credulous to trust the next US administration to fulfill its promises to change its strategy towards the Middle East, a cleric said. “The society should know that it is foolish to think that a change in the US governing body will change the country’s strategy …