TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran reached out to Iraq and the American public in separate gestures Wednesday, giving the Baghdad government a $1 billion line of credit while Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a personal letter to “noble Americans” calling for a military withdrawal from Iraq.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- To conclude the 3-day visit to Tehran by President Jalal Talabani, Iran and Iraq issued a joint press statement here on Wednesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Following his messages to US President George W Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed a five-page letter to the American people.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Editor-in-chief of Bosnia’s ‘Slobodna Bosna’ apologized to the Iranian nation for his weekly’s insult to the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the late Imam Khomeini, and described it as an unintentional mistake.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Tehran and Stockholm reiterated the need for the development of their parliamentary relations here on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with the visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani here on Tuesday.

The European Commission (EC) recommended on Wednesday (November 29th) a partial suspension of Turkey’s EU membership talks, over the country’s refusal to open its ports and airports to ships and planes from Cyprus.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale jolted Firouz Abad in Iran’s central province of Fars Wednesday morning.

Wrapping up a two-day summit in Riga, leaders of the 26 NATO countries invited Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Montenegro and Serbia to join the Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme — a key step towards membership in the Alliance.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to convey a five-page message to the American nation on Wednesday.