Member of the Iranian parliament’s presiding board said that Iran’s giant and frequent successes in the acquisition of the nuclear fuel production cycle guarantee its power and might in the international arena.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said he can’t promise to set free the five Iranian diplomats kidnapped during a raid by the US troops on Iran’s consulate general in the Iraqi northern city of Erbil a few months ago.

Iran’s executive director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that the US boycott on two Iranian banks is against the contents of the IMF agreement, and called on IMF officials to take the required actions in this regard.