TEHRAN (FNA)- This is not the Americans who should invite Iran to the negotiating table as Tehran has always been ready for talks while Washington shrugged off diplomacy in resolving Iran’s nuclear issue, Iranian parliament speaker said on Monday. “There is no need for anyone to invite us to the …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Government Spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham on Monday described the capitalist school of thought as the root cause of the present crisis in the West. “Capitalism has come to a serious crisis and has no way out,” Elham stressed. He further pointed to the remarks by the Late …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in a meeting with Quartet Envoy Tony Blair that the Middle East issue is not easy to solve. “The reason for this claim is the 60-year-long continuity of the middle east story”, Mottaki added in his short conversation with the former British …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that the world arrogance is seeking to dominate the region through Zionism and militarism. “The arrogance is seeking to dominate the region by means of Zionism and militarism,” Ahmadinejad said, alluding to US and its western allies. Speaking in a meeting with …

TEHRAN (FNA)- The number of Palestinian people who have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza is not acceptable according to the standards, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday. “Steps should be taken towards Palestinian solidarity, guaranteed reconstruction of Gaza and preparation of the ground for creating comprehensive …

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Israeli leaders who committed war crimes in the 22-day onslaught against the oppressed Palestinian people should be tried, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said. Calling for the boycott of Israeli goods, Ahmadinejad said in a meeting with Hamas politburo chief Khalid Meshaal here in Tehran Sunday night that …

THERAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei urged the Palestinian people to be alert to any possibility. Praising Palestinians’ victory in the 22-day war against Israel, Ayatollah Khamenei said in a meeting with Hamas politburo chief Khalid Meshaal on Sunday that Iran is prepared to …

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) – Afghan officials say a suicide bomber disguised in a police uniform detonated his explosives inside a police training center in southern Afghanistan today, killing 21 officers and wounding at least 20. The Taliban are claiming responsibility. In a phone call from an undisclosed location, a Taliban …

The outgoing international peace envoy to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Miroslav Lajcak, said he is leaving his post and the troubled country because the international bodies there are a “dead horse”, doing nothing while rival local leaders held the country back. Speaking in the Telering talk-show program at OBN Television on …

Police from the European Union law and justice mission in Kosovo have set up two customs control points in north Kosovo, almost one year after a crowd of angry Serbs burnt down the border posts in reaction to the Albanian majority’s declaration of independence from Serbia. The two border points, …