Senior diplomats representing the United Nations Security Council and Germany agreed yesterday to resume negotiations with Iran in a bid to persuade it to stop its uranium enrichment program.

Iranian air force lost an F5 fighter after the jet plane crashed 16 kilometers off the southwestern town of Andimeshk, home to an important air force base of the country near borders with Iraq.

The distinctive feature of the Iranian culture is its influence on other cultures and civilizations and transfer of valuable ethical, scientific and literary values to other cultures while preserving its original and radiant identity, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said.