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.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran has invited the Iraqi and Syrian presidents to Tehran for a weekend summit with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to hash out ways to cooperate in curbing the runaway violence that has taken Iraq to the verge of civil war and threatens to spread through the region.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran, Pakistan and India have agreed on a pricing formula for the delivery of Iranian gas via a $7bln pipeline, a top Iranian oil ministry official has said.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- North Korea dismissed allegations Saturday that the communist regime is cooperating with Iran in nuclear development, accusing Western media of spreading the rumor to mislead public opinion.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said the problem of Lebanon can merely be solved by the Lebanese people, government and different groups.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said enemies cannot obtain anything from their extensive psychological war against Iranian nation but failure and defeat.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A senior Iranian MP here on Friday described as a terrorist measure a recent order by US President George W. Bush for killing Iranians in Iraq.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Head of Iran’s Judiciary Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi has decided to introduce Government Spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham to the parliament as the next justice minister of the Islamic Republic, an informed source said.

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