Eurasia Press & News

Friday Prayers leader of the Iraqi city of Najaf here in Tehran on Friday stressed that there exists no civil war in his country and that the present unrests are originated and led from outside Iraq.

A suicide bomber slammed his car into a police checkpoint on Friday in the restive western city of Ramadi, killing at least 20 people and wounding another 30, police said.

Washington, April 6 (Prensa Latina) The Washington Post revealed on Friday that there was no direct cooperation between the Al-Qaeda network and late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, as the US government has stated.

Thomas Friedman’s articles are usually logical and correct, but his “Many plans, no news” (Views, March 31) is neither. He states that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has no coherent Middle East strategy.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei stressed the need for the compilation of an Islamic unity charter, saying that the vigilance of the world of Islam is a great threat to arrogant powers and system of the world hegemony.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel stressed the need for Muslim scholars to show enhanced activity in promoting Islamic vigilance and defusing enemies’ plots.

Tehran’s Interim Friday Prayers leader Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati called on all Muslim scholars, writers and people of education to strive to cement Muslim solidarity.

Tehran and Bern on Thursday voiced preparedness to expand cooperation on urban issues.

Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) praised the wise decision of Iranian president about pardoning the 15 British troops who trespassed on Iran’s territorial waters.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, in a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki on Thursday voiced pleasure with the release of the 15 British troops and described it as a wise decision.