TEHRAN (FNA)- Without Iran’s influential role, it will not be possible to establish security in the Persian Gulf, the military advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has an explicit answer to those who talk to it with bullying and arrogance, said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wednesday in a provincial cabinet visit to Mazandaran.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Deputy FM in Europe Affairs Mehdi Safari, who is visiting Finland and Estonia heading a delegation, conferred with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet in Tallinn Wednesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Wednesday met separately in Pyongyang with North Korean Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) Chairman Choe Thae Bok, President of the Presidium Kim Yong Nam, his counterpart Pak Ui Chun, and Foreign Trade Minister Li Kwang-gun.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia says the UN Security Council resolutions do not legally prevent Moscow from completing nuclear fuel shipment to Iran’s Bushehr plant.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Intelligence Minister says Western spy agencies have stepped up their efforts to incite discord inside the country.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Foreign Ministry Deputy for African Affairs, Ali Bagheri visited Presidents of Angola, and Namibia and Prime Minister of Swaziland.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and Endowment and Charity Organization signed an agreement on Wednesday on the sidelines of the First International Seminar on Endowment and Islamic Civilization in Isfahan.

12 November 2008 Belgrade – Serbian police have been checking several private business enterprises in the capital over the past week in an apparent attempt to cut off financial support to war crimes fugitives Ratko Mladic and Goran Hadzic, a security agency official told Balkan Insight.

12 November 2008 Skopje – Greece has handed back to the UN its reply to latest set of proposals drawn up by the UN’s negotiator Matthew Nimitz aimed at finding a solution to the dispute, the Greek daily To Vima reported.