Eurasia Press & News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A preliminary investigation by the military says U.S. Marines killed or wounded more than 40 Afghan civilians after a suicide attack on a convoy last month, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. The newspaper said work by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service would decide whether to call …

We have recently received some signs indicating the release of the five Iranian diplomats, Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here on Sunday.

In clear reaction to the recent reports about willingness of certain US senators and congressmen for attending talks with Iranian counterparts, a member of the Iranian parliament’s presiding board here on Sunday called on the US democrats to annul the D’Amato Law to prove their good intentions.

A prominent Iranian MP here today showed strong opposition to negotiations with the US, saying that attending talks with the US is meaningless under the current conditions, when Iranian diplomats have been kidnapped and tortured by the US troops in Iraq.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini dismissed US military attack on Iran, saying that the US does not enjoy the required capabilities to invade Iran due to regional conditions.

Gambian Foreign Minister Bala Garba Jahumpa voiced his country’s support for Iran, stressing that Banjul will always accompany Tehran under all conditions.

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said that interventions by big powers, specially the US, are the root cause of all the catastrophes, problems and hardships of the Iraqi people, stressing that Iraqis themselves can stand against terrorists.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with Tehran’s new ambassador to Poland Hadi Farajvand here on Sunday, voiced Iran’s preparedness to develop ties with east European countries based on mutual respect.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad voiced his country’s enthusiasm for expanding ties with all the different world states, including those in northern and central Europe, based on mutual respect, reminding that Iran favors cordial and fair ties with all countries.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here on Sunday said that his country would open its embassy in the Gambian capital city of Banjul in the near future.