Eurasia Press & News

Tehran an Pyongyang stressed the need for the further development of their relations in a meeting between caretaker of North Korea’s foreign ministry and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here in Tehran on Friday.

Tehran’s Interim Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said that the Islamic and Iranian culture play a vital role in the campaign against corruption.

An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Dasht-e Kavir in Iran’s northeastern province of Semnan on Friday.

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to visit the United Arab Emirates May 13, 2007 on the first visit by an Iranian head of state to this Persian Gulf littoral state since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Senior diplomats representing the United Nations Security Council and Germany agreed yesterday to resume negotiations with Iran in a bid to persuade it to stop its uranium enrichment program.

Iranian air force lost an F5 fighter after the jet plane crashed 16 kilometers off the southwestern town of Andimeshk, home to an important air force base of the country near borders with Iraq.

The distinctive feature of the Iranian culture is its influence on other cultures and civilizations and transfer of valuable ethical, scientific and literary values to other cultures while preserving its original and radiant identity, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with foreign diplomatic corps in the Danish capital city of Copenhagen and briefed them about Iran’s policies concerning relations with European states, regional issues and its peaceful nuclear programs.

Tehran’s City Council reelected Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf as mayor of the Iranian capital Wednesday.

Al-Jazeera news channel said its policy is based on respecting religious leaders, stressing that it did not intend to offend the Shiite Muslim leader, Grand Ayatollah Sistani.