At the end of his one-day working visit to Turkey, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki left Ankara for the Syrian capital of Damascus on Tuesday.

By Terry Friel KABUL (Reuters) – As the bloodshed in Afghanistan worsens, the Taliban are increasingly targeting civilians, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a new report on Monday. The group accuses the Taliban and other insurgents of war crimes in its latest report, “The Human Cost.” “Suicide …

By Mark Dummett, BBC News Civilians have been the main victims of insurgent attacks in Afghanistan in the past 15 months, a study has revealed. Even though most attacks have been on military and government targets, most victims have nothing to do with either, the Human Rights Watch study said. …

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that after each resolution passed by the UN Security Council his country would display a new achievement in the field of nuclear technology.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini said here on Monday that the two Swedes who had been condemned to two years of imprisonment for violating the Islamic Republic’s law were released.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on western powers to treat Iran in a friendly manner, saying that such a behavior would serve their interests as well.

Indian Ambassador to Iran said that New Delhi seeks extension of the North-South corridor because the measure plays a crucial role in the development of diplomatic and trade ties between Iran and India.

Tehran and Yerevan established a friendship association to further expand relations between the two nations.

Secretary of the Popular Committee for the Reclamation of Iran’s Historical and Cultural Possessions said that the US is delaying the legal proceeding of the issue of the Iranian clay tablets because it has tied the case to international political issues.

Proposed by foreign minister and Approved by president, Mohammad Hassan Ghadiri Abyaneh was assigned as Tehran’s ambassador to Mexico City.