TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Lieutenant commander of the Iranian army’s ground force here Wednesday reiterated his country’s military power, describing combat capabilities and preparedness of the highly motivated Iranian armed forces as a main deterrent to enemy invasion.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Development of ties between Iran and Egypt would increase influence of Muslim world on the international scenes, an Iranian parliament presiding board member said here on Wednesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has called on Iranians to maintain their self-confidence to defuse propaganda of the enemies.

A suicide bomber has killed six police and an Indian engineer in southeastern Afghanistan, a provincial official says.

Currently privatization is a requirement in the country, Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said here on Tuesday.At a conference held for law graduates, Rafsanjani said experience has proved that delivering issues to people will help boost the quality of performing the tasks.

President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that the administration has made every effort to draft a transparent and simply-worded budget plan, which is a significant development in the history of budget drafting in the country.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called for the full participation of Iranians in the parliamentary elections, advising them to choose the most qualified nominees with careful attention.

Uzbek President Islam Karimov won the December 23 national election, which was not unexpected. However, it is quite unusual that this will be his third term in office, despite the fact that the Uzbek Constitution limits presidents to two terms.  The Karimov administration made no attempt to amend the constitution …

HERAT, Afghanistan (AFP) — At least 16 Taliban rebels including a suspected would-be suicide bomber were killed in US-led and Afghan operations across insurgency-plagued Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday.

RAMALLAH – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged Hamas Islamists on Monday to agree to early elections and to open a “new page” by ceding control of the Gaza Strip and holding reconciliation talks with his Fatah faction.