January 17, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and eight Arab counterparts called on Iran Tuesday not to meddle in Iraq’s affairs after discussing Washington’s plan to quell sectarian violence in the country, Kuwait’s foreign minister said.
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January 17, 2007 Iran, Iran News
AMMAN — US President George W. Bush’s plan to bring peace to Iraq, already facing resistance in Congress, also has highlighted differences between Washington and Baghdad over how to deal with Syria and Iran.
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January 17, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
BAGHDAD (AFP) — Hundreds of Sunni Arabs paid their respects Tuesday to former aides of Saddam Hussein convicted of crimes against humanity and buried near the former Iraqi leader’s own grave after a gruesome hanging.
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January 17, 2007 Iran, Iran News
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia said on Tuesday it had delivered new anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran and would consider further requests by Tehran for defensive weapons.
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January 17, 2007 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
DUBAI (AP) — The deployment of the USS John C. Stennis to the Middle East will put two US aircraft carriers in the volatile Gulf region for the first time since the 2003 Iraq invasion. Military officials say a second carrier group is meant as a plain warning to Iran.
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January 16, 2007 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Ecuador on Monday stressed that his country is firm to promote cooperation with Latin American states despite the fury shown by the system of hegemony.
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January 16, 2007 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Ecuador’s President-elect Rafael Correa stressed during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the Islamic Republic will be given a top stand in Quito’s foreign policy.
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January 16, 2007 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi met with Sudan’s Defense Minister, Field Marshal Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein here on Sunday.
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January 16, 2007 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in Managua on Sunday that Tehran supports progress, independence and stability of all free nations, including Latin American nations.
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January 16, 2007 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Government Spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham said that Iran needs 10 nuclear power plants to produce 10,000 megawatts of electricity.
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