KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 7 — The death toll from a suicide bombing in northern Afghanistan rose to 52 on Wednesday, making it the worst single suicide bombing in the country since 2001, government officials said. Among the dead were 18 schoolchildren, four teachers and six members of Parliament, including one …

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called on the Iranian law enforcement police to be vigilant, warning that enemies seek to spark insecurities in Iran to disrupt the country’s scientific and political progress.

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki underlined Tehran’s right to possess civilian nuclear technology, describing West’s threats against Iran as illogical and unacceptable.

Iran on Wednesday strongly condemned the terrorist blast in Afghanistan and described it as a criminal measure.

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said here on Wednesday that Tehran is verifying a recent proposal raised by Saudi Arabia for the establishment of a consortium outside the Middle-East region to enrich uranium for Iran and other regional countries.

Following my visit to Iran, I am now confident of the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear activities, the last survivor of the nuclear blast in Nagasaki said, calling on the world people to trust the Islamic Republic’s atomic drives.

Lieutenant commander of Iran’s Armed Forces here Wednesday warned Washington against an invasion of the Islamic Republic, saying that his country holds sufficient information, data and possibilities to strike US interests.

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad underlined here on Wednesday that his country may not retreat along the nuclear path.

Arvandan Oil and Gas Company Managing Director Salbali Karami said the second phase of development plan of Darkhoein oilfield would become operational in the “Government Week” in 2008 – from Aug. 30 to Sept. 5.

Morvarid Petrochemical Complex Managing Director Safar-Ali Babaii said Olefin 5 would come on stream in September 2008.