Iran will not retreat “one iota” from its nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said, as his new chief negotiator met Western diplomats for the first time.

This is the first election in the history of the Republic of Uzbekistan with six candidates at once running for president. Two candidates have been the all-time record in all sixteen years of sovereignty until now.

NATO allies Turkey and the US have almost simultaneously signaled that a joint US-Turkish strike against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) based in northern Iraq could soon be placed on the agenda.         

The United States will lead pressure on European allies to supply more troops and equipment to fight Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan at NATO talks on Wednesday but could come away frustrated, alliance sources said. Defence chiefs will however reaffirm their commitment to maintaining a 17,000-strong peace force in the breakaway …

The mounting tension on Turkey’s border with Iraq and U.S. demands for European allies to do more in Afghanistan are expected to dominate a meeting of NATO defense ministers opening Wednesday in the Netherlands. Although not on the official agenda, the situation on Turkey’s southeastern frontier risks overshadowing the two-day …

Iran is scheduled to start export of the latest model of its home-manufactured passenger car ‘Samand’ to 32 different countries, said Manouchehr Manteqi, Managing Director of Iran-Khodro car manufacturing company, manufacturer of Samand passenger car.

Deputy head of Iran’s judiciary here Tuesday called on the world’s independent legal and judicial bodies to form a war tribunal to punish the United States’ warmongering ruling party for its crimes.

Tehran and Islamabad have prepared the final version of an agreement for transferring Iran’s gas to Pakistan via a $7.4 bln pipeline, Iran’s top negotiator said.

The Iranian nation has always favored talks and negotiations, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, adding that his country is ready to negotiate with the West about everything but its rights.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel expressed surprise at the US Congress resolution for the disintegration of Iraq, underlining that the approval revealed Washington’s animosity towards the world of Islam.