Attorney of Haleh Esfandyari, an Iranian national who is a resident of the US and was arrested by Tehran officials on charges of harming national security, said Esfandyari can now travel abroad after she was let out on bail on Tuesday.

Iranian Government Spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham here Wednesday spoke of a mafia group in Iran which seeks to control the country’s giant oil industries to use its huge revenues for family and partisan interests.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad conferred with Azerbaijan’s Prime Minister Artur Rasizade about bilateral ties and regional and world issues in Baku on Wednesday.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel called on Muslims to be watchful of enemies’ plots for undermining Islamic unity.

A prominent Iranian lawmaker, noting the United States’ recent military build-up in the region, warned Arab countries to be watchful of colorful revolutions.

Iranian oil ministry caretaker Gholam-Hossein Nozari is expected to pay a visit to Turkey next month to sign energy agreements with the Ankara officials, a Turkish official said.

Governor General of Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan said that the criminals who were arrested by the Pakistani police after abducting several Iranians and escaping to Pakistan on Sunday would be handed over to Iran in the near future.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) deputy Director General Ollie Heinonen described his two-day talks in Tehran with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Undersecretary Javad Vaeedi as “constructive”.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Nagorno-Karabakh conflict should be resolved through negotiations, reminding that all the world issues could be settled down through dialogue and on the basis of law and justice.

Haleh Esfandyari, the Iranian academic who is a resident of the US and was arrested by Tehran officials on charges of harming national security, will soon be released on bail, an informed source from Iran’s judiciary said on Tuesday.