Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a message to Heinz Fischer on Friday extended his congratulations to the Austrian president, government and nation on the country’s national day.

Former Commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps dismissed US accusations about IRGC’s role in supporting terrorism, underlying that the United States and Zionists are the main and real contributors to present insecurities and terrorism worldwide.

The visit to Armenia by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was fruitful, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian told a news conference in Yerevan.

Germany’s foreign minister held “constructive” talks with Iran’s nuclear negotiators on Thursday and urged them to continue cooperation with the international community to resolve a dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program.

Oil rose above $92 a barrel for the first time in New York after the US charge Iran with baseless accusations and stepped up pressure on foreign companies to cut ties with the Middle East oil producer.

About 100 nutrition experts from Central Asia will meet in Kazakhstan next week to discuss one of the most pressing health challenges that has faced the region in the past decade – malnutrition.

The United States, on Thursday night, have announced through Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, that they will impose a set of new sanctions against Iran as a pressure to halt nuclear proliferation regarded by Americans as weapons-related. The U.S. sanctions will target the Iranian defense …

Former head of Iran’s team of nuclear negotiators Ali Larijani said that “new and constructive ideas” had emerged during talks in Rome on Tehran’s nuclear program.

Iranian caretaker Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari here Wednesday expressed hope the peace pipeline contract would be signed by the three parties – Iran, Pakistan, and India.

The Qatari football Association announced that it is hoping to arrange a friendly match with Iran next month.