Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed students and professors at the US Columbia University during his short sojourn in New York before his address at the 62nd meeting of the UN General Assembly.

Talks between Iranian-and Pakistani officials for extraditing a group of hostage-takers from Pakistan will start producing its positive results today, an informed source said on Wednesday.

Iran’s ambassador to the United Arab Emirates said the present hues and cries by the Washington against Tehran results from Iran’s constructive cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United States’ failure in Iraq.