Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel here on Wednesday said Iran accepted to attend talks with the US over Iraq because it viewed the meeting as a precious opportunity to solve or reduce the problems of the Iraqi people.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki Wednesday criticized the United States and Britain for insecurity and instability as well as increased plantation, production and trafficking of illicit drugs in Afghanistan.

Senior Iranian and Algerian delegations headed by the two countries’ foreign ministers stressed their resolve to finalize 22 cooperation agreements.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, heading a high-ranking delegation, arrived here in Tehran on Wednesday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday underlined that the Iranian and Algerian people are seeking to expand world peace and security on the basis of justice.

Iran’s resistance and insistence on safeguarding its nuclear rights is about to start producing its fruits gradually, Ali Akbar Velayati, Advisor to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said.

Iran announced it has foiled a rebel plan to carry out a “terrorist act” in an oil-rich border province, adding it was on guard against Western plans to topple the Islamic Republic.

Days after asking India and others to “diminish” its economic ties with Iran, the US has said it can not determine New Delhi’s foreign policy.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The government of embattled Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Thursday it may impose a state of emergency because of “external and internal threats” and deteriorating law and order in the volatile northwest near the Afghan border.

KABUL (AFP) – Afghan and Pakistani tribal leaders were set to open three days of talks Thursday on Taliban and Al-Qaeda violence along the border, in a key meeting marked by the absence of President Pervez Musharraf.