Eurasia Press & News

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Mostafavi said that Iran has not yet received any formal request to attend the next round of talks with the US over Iraq.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad viewed as valuable the activities made by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in consolidating unity among the Islamic Ummah (nation).

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said bolstering cooperation between Tehran and New Delhi would serve regional peace and security, adding that Iran does not perceive any restriction for expanding ties with India.

Islamic countries, including Iran and Algeria, can play complementary roles to assist each other and provide for their needs, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, noting the aptitudes and potentials of Muslim nations.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran and Pyongyang can defend the rights of independent nations and governments in such international bodies as the United Nations (UN) and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

Human rights should not impose a culture on other cultures and nations, because every culture is of a special value, secretary general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) said.

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban plan to abduct and kill more nationals from foreign countries whose troops serve under NATO and the U.S. military in the country, a spokesman for the Islamic movement warned on Monday.The vow comes just days after the Taliban released 19 South Korean hostages after their …

SEOUL (AFP) – Some of the South Korean Christian aid workers held hostage by Afghanistan’s Taliban said they were beaten for refusing to convert to Islam and protecting female captives, a hospital chief said Monday.We found through medical checks that some male hostages were beaten,” Cha Seung-Gyun told reporters after …

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki called for the improvement of the international mechanisms for protecting human rights, including the Universal Declaration of Human Right, stressing that the weak points existing in such mechanisms should be removed.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the member states of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to define and promote real human rights based on spirituality and justice in the world.