Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Tuesday evening that members of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) have expressed strong support for Iran`s peaceful nuclear programs. Speaking to IRNA before leaving Kuala Lumpur for Tehran a...May 30, 2006Iranian FM meets Belarussian FM
Belarussian Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov in Putrajaya, Malaysia on Tuesday reiterated his country`s stance on Iran`s right to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes within the framework of International Atomic Energy Agency rules and regulati...May 30, 2006Iran, Algeria FMs stress expansion of ties
The foreign ministers of Iran and Algeria on Tuesday called for bolstering of bilateral relations in trade and other economic fields given their enormous joint potential. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with his Algerian count...May 30, 2006Mottaki urges review of NAM structures
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Monday night called for a revision in the role and structure the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to strengthen it. Mottaki made the comment while addressing ministers participating at a ministerial me...May 30, 2006Morocco keen on expanding ties with Iran
Morocco`s Foreign Minister Mohamed Benissa, on the sidelines of the meeting of foreign ministers of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Malaysia`s political capital of Putrajaya on Tuesday, said that Iran is a friendly and brotherly country and expressed...May 30, 2006FM confers with officials from NAM member states
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, on the sidelines of the meeting of foreign ministers of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on Tuesday, conferred separately with foreign ministry officials of five NAM member states on bilateral ties, cooperation on int...May 29, 2006Iran, Lebanon have common stances on regional developments: FM
Iran and Lebanon have common stances on regional developments, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Monday. Mottaki, who arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, early Monday to attend the foreign ministerial meeting of the Non-Ali...May 29, 2006Iran, Malaysia review regional developments
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, on the sidelines of the foreign ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on Monday conferred with his Malaysian Counterpart Syed Hamid Albar on regional developments. Mottaki arrived in Kuala ...May 29, 2006Iranian FM meets Indian FM
Indian Foreign Minister Anand Sharma said Iran`s nuclear case should be settled according to the existing conventions and in the framework of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regulations. In a meeting with Iran`s Foreign Minister Man...May 29, 2006Participation of Iraq`s neighbors necessary to ensure its security - Mottaki
Iran`s Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday that participation of Iraq`s neighbors, as well as regional countries, is necessary in order to strengthen security and stability there. Mottaki made the comment in a meeti...May 29, 2006Iranian FM meets Cuban FM
Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque Monday declared the support of his government and nation for Iran`s legal right to access nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and expressed their solidarity with the Iranian nation. Speaking at ...May 29, 2006Iran, Cuba discuss matters of mutual concern
Member of Cuban Communist Party in charge of international relations Fernando Ramirez and Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Sunday conferred on matters of mutual concern. According to a report released by the Foreign Ministry`s Public ...May 28, 2006Iran, Afghanistan keen to strengthen ties
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Spanta here Sunday conferred on ways of strengthening bilateral relations and latest regional issues. According to a report released by the Foreign Ministry, at the ...May 28, 2006FM terms outcome of Iraq visit as `positive`
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Sunday assessed as `positive` the outcome of his visit to Iraq. Mottaki, who arrived in Baghdad on Friday at the head of a high-ranking delegation on an official two-day visit, wrapped up his visit and...May 28, 2006Iranian FM meets Afghan President
The visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai here Sunday welcomed Iran`s initiative to hold a tripartite meeting between the foreign ministers of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Afghan president, who arrived in Tehran Saturday at the head o...May 28, 2006Iran supports Iraq`s new government: Mottaki
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Islamic Republic of Iran supports Iraq`s new government in establishing full security in the country. Returning from his 2-day visit to Iraq, Mottaki told reporters in Ilam, there is a collective inten...May 28, 2006Iran, Iraq to broaden ties in all areas: FM
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Saturday after wrapping up an official trip to Iraq described his objectives of the trip in a press conference. Following a meeting with religious dignitaries in Najaf, Mottaki said his aims was to con...May 27, 2006Iran backs Iraqi nation, government: Mottaki
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Saturday met with Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Najaf. At the meeting, Mottaki said that Iran has always backed the Iraqi nation and government and will defend the country`s integrity. Commonalti...May 27, 2006FM: Promotion of Tehran-Baghdad ties boosts regional security
Visiting Foreign Minister of Iran Manouchehr Mottaki said here Friday that Iran-Iraq friendship and promotion of their relations would lead to regional security and stability. Speaking to reporters upon arrival in Baghdad, the minister said h...May 27, 2006US, main loser of regional tension -- Mottaki
Visiting Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Manoucheher Mottaki said here on Friday evening that the United States would be the main loser of fomenting any tension in the region. Mottaki told a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpa...May 27, 2006Mottaki: Iran happy with formation of Iraq`s permanent gov`t
Visiting Foreign Minister of Iran Manouchehr Mottaki met with his Iraqi counterpart Hushyar Zebari here Friday expressing Tehran`s satisfaction over formation of a permanent government in Iraq. Mottaki arrived in Iraq on a two-day visit Frida...May 26, 2006Mottaki felicitates new Italian counterpart
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki felicitated his new Italian counterpart Massimo D`Alema in a telephone conversation here on Thursday. Mottaki expressed hope that Tehran-Rome relations would be further promoted under the government of new ...May 26, 2006Iran fully ready for taking part in reconstruction of Iraq - Mottaki
Visiting Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki on Friday announced Iran`s full readiness to take part in the process of reconstruction of Iraq in a meeting with an Iraqi leading politician. Speaking to the Head of the Solid I...May 26, 2006Iran asks for release of Iranian inmates in Iraq
Visiting Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki here Friday evening asked for release from Iraqi prison of Iranian inmates. In a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maleki, Mottaki said, `Some Iranians, due to the stro...May 25, 2006Iran, Pakistan discuss gas pipeline project
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met Pakistan Petroleum Minister Amanullah Khan Jadoon on Thursday and reviewed the progress on the ongoing negotiations on Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) Gas Pipeline Project, officials said. Both sides...May 25, 2006Iranian FM meets Pakistani FM
Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri on Thursday reiterated his country`s established position that Iran`s nuclear issue should be resolved thorough diplomatic means alone and that resort to coercive methods would only endanger region...May 25, 2006Mottaki, Aziz review issues of mutual interest
Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz reviewed issues of mutual interest here Wednesday evening. The two officials, in their meeting, underlined the need for further expansion of wide-r...May 25, 2006Mottaki: Talks with Pak prime minister `fruitful`
Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Wednesday described his talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz as `very fruitful and constructive. ` Speaking to reporters, he said the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan wer...May 25, 2006Iranian FM meets Pakistani Interior Minister
Pakistan attaches due importance to its relations with neighbouring Iran and efforts are underway to further enhance bilateral ties in different fields, the Pakistani interior minister said on Thursday. Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao was t...May 25, 2006Mottaki, Kasuri discuss bilateral ties
The visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Thursday conferred with his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Mehmoud Kasuri on bilateral relations and the latest regional developments. During the meeting, which was held on the sidel...May 24, 2006Pakistan, Iran vow to build strategic relationship in all fields
Pakistan and Iran on Wednesday decided to expand their bilateral cooperation and build a comprehensive and strategic relationship in all fields. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Advisor to Pakistani Prime Minister on Finance Dr...May 24, 2006Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki begins Pakistan visit
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday to represent his country in the two-day meeting of the Pakistan-Iran Joint Economic Commission, which begins later today. `My visit is aimed at enhancing bilateral ...May 23, 2006Iran`s FM hopes Europe`s offer to resolve nuclear dispute would be comprehensive
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Tuesday expressed hope Europe`s latest proposal to try to resolve the standoff on Iran`s nuclear program would be comprehensive and protect the interests of both sides. Mottaki was speaking to IRNA on ...May 22, 2006Iran, Iraq discuss issues of mutual interest
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Iraqi Ambassador to Tehran Mohammad Majid al-Sheikh here Sunday met to discuss issues of mutual interest. Mottaki, expressing felicitations over the formation of the new Iraqi government after m...May 22, 2006Iran, Iraq discuss issues of mutual interest
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Iraqi Ambassador to Tehran Mohammad Majid al-Sheikh here Sunday met to discuss issues of mutual interest. Mottaki, expressing felicitations over the formation of the new Iraqi government after m...May 22, 2006Iran-Sri Lanka stress closer ties
The new Sri Lankan ambassador to Iran said here Monday that Iran`s nuclear impasse is politically motivated and is bogus, the foreign ministry media department reported. Mohammad Zahir, presenting a copy of his credentials to Foreign Minister...May 20, 2006Iranian FM meets Kuwaiti Emir
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah in a meeting with visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Saturday said Iran is a central axis in the region and that it always pursues all matters with great For his part, Mo...May 20, 2006Foreign minister wraps up visit to Kuwait
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki wrapped up Saturday evening his one-day visit to Kuwait in which he conferred with Kuwaiti high-ranking officials. In his trip, Mottaki talked with emir, crown prince, prime minister, foreign ministe...May 20, 2006Iran, Kuwait review mutual, regional developments
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki conferred on Saturday with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al- Salem Al-Sabah on issues of mutual interests. At the meeting, Mottaki said exchange of views bet...May 19, 2006Mottaki dismisses US-West double-standards towards democracy
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Thursday that the US-West approach towards the Palestinian elected government shows double-standards towards instances of democracy. Talking to head of Hamas Political Bureau Khaled Mashaal he...May 19, 2006Mottaki: Palestinians firmer to regain their rights
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said late Thursday that the faithful and oppressed Palestinian nation is getting firmer and more decisive in its resolve to regain its denied rights. Speaking to Secretary-General of Palestinian Islam...May 19, 2006Mottaki criticizes US-West hostile approach towards Hamas gov`t
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Thursday harshly criticized the `hostile` approach of the US and the West towards the elected and democratic government of Hamas in Palestine. Mottaki told Secretary General of Lebanese Hizbollah S...May 18, 2006Al-Shara praises Iran`s stance on regional issues
Syrian Vice-President Farouk al-Shara on Thursday praised Iran`s stance on regional issues as `brave and fruitful`. The Syrian official made the remarks in his meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister The Iranian foreign minister, for his part, ...May 18, 2006FM: Iran seeks nothing beyond its own rights within NPT
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Moualem Thursday said that Iran sought nothing more than its own rights within Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Mottaki said that sanctions will have negativ...May 18, 2006Iranian, Jordanian FMs stress peaceful use of nuclear energy
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Jordanian counterpart, Abdelelah al-Khatib, here Wednesday stressed Tehran`s right to pursue nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. Mottaki, who was in Amman at the head of a high-ranking ...May 18, 2006Jordanian PM, Iranian FM discuss issues of mutual interest
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who is visiting Jordan at the head of a politico-economic delegation, discussed ways of consolidating bilateral ties here Wednesday with Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf Bakheet. Conveying first vice-preside...May 18, 2006Jordan strongly supporting Iran`s N-program: Mottaki
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Thursday that the Jordanian government and people had expressed strong support for Iran`s peaceful nuclear activities and the nation`s right to enjoy nuclear energy. Mottaki, who arrived in...May 17, 2006Iran welcomes proposals to settle nuclear issue that recognize its N-rights: FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Tuesday said that Iran was open to any proposal to resolve the nuclear issue as long as it acknowledges its legal and inalienable right to pursue nuclear energy under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NP...May 17, 2006Iranian, Greek FMs discuss nuclear issue: Xinhua
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Greek counterpart, Dora Bakoyanni, on Wednesday discussed latest developments in the Iran nuclear issue. Mottaki and Bakoyanni, in a telephone conversation, exchanged views on the European ...May 17, 2006Mottaki confers with Jordan`s foreign minister
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Amman on Wednesday held talks with his Jordanian counterpart Abdullah al-Khatib on bilateral and regional issues. Mottaki said that Tehran-Amman relations are on a growing trend and there are Mottaki sa...May 17, 2006Iran, Jordan examine ways of expanding mutual ties
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki conferred on Wednesday with Jordan`s King Abdullah II on issues of mutual interests. The Iranian foreign minister, for his part, called the level of two sides relations as unsatisfactory and said `We should ...May 17, 2006Syrian president backs Iran`s peaceful nuclear program
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki Thursday conferred with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on issues of mutual interests. The Iranian foreign minister, for his part, called the US policies in the region as very wrong and said the US administ...May 17, 2006Iran welcomes proposals to settle nuclear issue that recognize its N-rights: FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Tuesday said that Iran was open to any proposal to resolve the nuclear issue as long as it acknowledges its legal and inalienable right to pursue nuclear energy under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NP...May 16, 2006FM hopes for expansion expansion of ties with Serbia
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a meeting with the outgoing Serbian Ambassador to Tehran Guran Opacic here Tuesday hoped to witness further expansion of economic and political relations between the two countries. According to a report ...May 15, 2006UK, German, French ambassadors confer with Mottaki on Monday
Ambassadors of Britain, Germany and France are to meet here Monday with Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki. According to the Information and Press Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the meeting is to be held at the Iranian Foreign M...May 14, 2006Mottaki tals with Zebari over phone
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Saturday expressed hope European states will press for a solution to the current nuclear standoff recognizing Iran`s right to peaceful nuclear energy and capabilities when they resume negotiations ne...May 9, 2006Bahraini king receives foreign minister Mottaki
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived in Manama Monday afternoon, and was immediately received by Bahraini king. King Muhammad bin-Issa al-Khalifa and Mottaki soon after that began their discussions on bilateral relations, ways o...May 7, 2006Iran, Syria discuss bilateral ties, regional issues
Iran and Syria on Sunday explored avenues for bolstering of bilateral relations as well as key regional developments. Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with Syrian Minister of Religious Endowments Muhammad Ziyad al-Ayoubi. ...May 4, 2006Mottaki: Active ECO will help members achieve self-sufficiency
Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Thursday that a more active Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) will help member states achieve self-sufficiency. Speaking to IRNA upon his arrival in the Azeri capital, the m...May 4, 2006Mottaki: Iran pins hope on developing economic cooperation among ECO members
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in Baku on Thursday that Iran has pinned hope on development of economic cooperation among member states of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). He said in his address to foreign minist...May 4, 2006Mottaki: A professional attitude needed to solve Iran`s nuclear issue
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Thursday that `a much more professional and non-political attitude is needed towards Iran`s legitimate right to access peaceful nuclear technology in order to put an end to the current nuclear imp...May 4, 2006Iran, Tajikistan review expansion of economic cooperation
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki conferred in Baku Thursday with the Tajik deputy foreign minister on expansion of ties between the two countries. The meeting was held on the eve of the 9th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organi...May 4, 2006Mottaki confers with Pak counterpart
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki conferred in Baku Thursday with his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid M. Kasuri on mutual relations as well as regional and international developments. The meeting was held on the sidelines of th...May 4, 2006Mottaki meets Japanese delegation, stresses peaceful nuclear rights
Visiting Japanese Parliamentary delegation met here Wednesday with Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and discussed bilateral relations, regional developments and Iran nuclear dossier, the Foreign Ministry Press Department reported. Mottaki ...May 3, 2006UN official, Mottaki discuss situation in Afghanistan
Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Afghanistan Tom Koenigs and Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Tuesday evening reviewed issues of mutual interest. Noting the Iranian and Afghan nations` cultural links, Mottaki...May 2, 2006Iran, Qatar discuss bilateral cooperation, regional developments
Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here on Tuesday discussed the main agreements reached between the sides during the fifth session of the Iran-Qatar Joint Economic Commission held in Tehra...May 1, 2006Mottaki, Spaniard counterpart review regional developments
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Spaniard counterpart Miguel Angel Morations held phone conversation Monday on the most significant mutual, regional and international issues. During the phone conversation, the two foreign ministers...
Documents Archive