Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday ruled out his country’s retreat from nuclear stances, stressing that the Islamic Republic will not give up even an iota of its nuclear rights.

Iranian deputy commerce minister said that the total volume of Iran’s trade exchanges with the Arab countries of the Middle-East amounted to $16 bln during the last (Iranian) year.

Iranian government allowed Ministry of Road and Transportation to endorse a temporary agreement with Tajikistan on transportation of goods and passengers via the roads linking the two Persian-language-speaking countries.