Eurasia Press & News

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed that bullying powers should give up their plots and leave the Persian Gulf region.

Chairman of Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaoddin Boroujerdi here on Tuesday blasted the efforts made by certain MPs to form a parliamentary friendship group between Iran and the US.

A number of representatives at Iran’s Islamic Consultative Assembly here on Tuesday started collecting signatures from their colleagues to approve a plan for the formation of Iran-US parliamentary friendship group.

The reports released about a plan presented by Iran to UAE officials about the three Iranian islands of the Greater Tunb, the Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa in the Persian Gulf is a forged baseless scenario, an informed source told FNA here on Tuesday.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, heading a high-ranking delegation, arrived in Islamabad, Pakistan Tuesday morning to attend the 34th meeting of the foreign ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).

Iran’s ambassador to Zimbabwe said that Tehran is scheduled to reconstruct and overhaul a refinery in Zimbabwe in line with its extensive investments in Africa.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohmmad Ali Hosseini said Tehran has extended a positive response to a request by the Iraqi government for attending talks with the US over Iraq issue.

Iran on Sunday stressed once more that it would not accept suspension of its uranium enrichment activities, but meantime called on the Group 5+1 to present Tehran with its views and ideas through official and diplomatic channels.

A prominent Iranian lawmaker stressed that the Untied States is not a proper host for the United Nations Organization and called on all member states to demand a transfer of the UN headquarters from New York.

We warn that Iran’s response to any kind of military invasion will be decisive, suppressive, crushing and surprising said Iranian Defense Minister General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, in clear reference to the recent statements made by US Vice President Dick Cheney.