Following the arrest of an Iranian business official and lack of efforts to release him within the specified deadline, all economic and trade relations with the Iraqi Kurdistan have been cut, an Iranian official in the border province of Kermanshah said.

Commander of the Iranian army underlined his country’s military might, and said his troops will show Iran’s power in practice whenever and wherever necessary.

Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic Karel Schwarzenberg voiced his country’s preparedness to develop ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki reminded his Serb counterpart that the three rounds of talks between Iran and the US sought to assist the Iraqi government with the establishment of security in that country.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed the need for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to enhance its role and activities in the international arena in a bid to give a chance to its member states to pursue global changes.

Foreign ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United Arab Emirates conferred about bilateral ties in a meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with his Jordanian counterpart Abdel-Elah Mohammad Al-Khatib on the sidelines of the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Ali Shakeri, an Iranian-American national who was arrested on May 8, was released on a bail of approximately USD 100,000 Monday night.

KABUL (Reuters) – More than 60 Taliban militants and a soldier from the U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan were killed in fighting in the southern Helmand province on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.

OTTAWA (AFP) – A Canadian soldier was killed in a mortar attack while repairing a tank in the northern part of Panjwayi in Afghanistan, Canada’s defense ministry said Tuesday.One other soldier was wounded in the blast, while three soldiers were wounded in a subsequent firefight with insurgents when they tried …