TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The political advisor of the Shiite Majority Fraction in the Iraqi parliament Mohsen Hakim, noting the recent remarks of the country’s President Jalal Talebani, said that the Parliament is the only authority to decide about continued presence of the US troops in Iraq.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Tehran’s interim Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammad Imami Kashani said both Muslims and Christians are seeking a peaceful life beside each other and the recent provocative statements of Pope Benedict XVI can no more impair Muslim-Christian relations and coexistence.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to Tehran voiced his country’s enthusiasm for transferring its oil to the waters of the Persian Gulf.