Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Tehran would decide if it should attend talks with Washington once it is officially in receipt of a relevant request by the US.

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar will soon pay a visit to Damascus at the invitation of his Syrian counterpart Lieutenant General Hassan Ali Turkmani, a defense ministry official said.

 A high-ranking military delegation from Iran arrived in India late on Sunday to attend talks with Indian officials.