Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday that any attempt to manipulate the tasks of the the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) would cause tension. He told IRNA on he sidelines of a ceremony at mausoleum of the lat...Aug 29, 2006Post-WWII international structures `unfair` - Mottaki
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Tuesday that the international structures established in the wake of the World War Two are unfair. `Unfortunately, the status quo in international system is fanning discrimination and scientific apa...Aug 26, 2006FM: Iran ready to continue talks on its nuclear issue
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a meeting with the outgoing Belgian Ambassador to Tehran Jacques Vermoulin here Saturday said that Iran is ready to continue talks on its nuclear issue with the relevant negotiators within the framework of its...Aug 26, 2006FM: US abuses concept of democracy, human rights
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a meeting with outgoing Indonesian Ambassador to Tehran Basri Hasanuddin here Saturday said that the US intends to impose its hegemonic policies through deceitful slogans and abusing the concept of democracy a...Aug 25, 2006Iran, Romania underline fair settlement of rig dispute
Tehran and Bucharest on Friday agreed on fair settlement of a dispute between their companies over a rig in southern Iranian territorial waters. In a phone call on Friday, Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Romanian counterpar...Aug 25, 2006Mottaki: Iran`s influence in ME rising
Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, said on Thursday that Iran has gained growing influence in the Middle East region since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Making the remark in the ceremony for inauguration of 64 telecommunication projects in ...Aug 25, 2006Gov`t determined to tackle unemployment problem
Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, stressed here late on Thursday that Iranian government has mobilized all its equipment and facilities for creating job opportunities. Speaking in the inauguration ceremony of 139 development projects in t...Aug 23, 2006FM felicitate Uzbekistan Independence Day
Foreign Minister Mottaki in his message to the Uzbekistan`s new Foreign Minister Vladimir Narov felicitated both his appointment and the anniversary of Independence Day. Inviting him to visit Iran, Mottaki wrote, ` I am confident that friendl...Aug 22, 2006Mottaki, SAfrican trade, industry minister discuss mutual trade
South African minister of trade and industry, Mandisi Mpahlwa, and visiting Iranian foreign minister Manoucheher Mottaki on Tuesday discussed latest developments in Tehran-Pretoria cooperation in the trade and industries sectors. Mottaki poin...Aug 22, 2006Mottaki invites SAfrican companies to enter venture in Iran
Visiting Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Tuesday invited South African enterprises to enter gas and energy ventures in Iran. In a meeting with South African minister of Energy and Mines, Buyelwa Sonjica, in Pretoria on Tuesday,...Aug 22, 2006Mottaki calls for investment in Iran`s economic projects
Iranian foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, on Monday explained economic opportunities provided for the Iranian and South African traders. In a meeting with managers and traders on the sidelines of the Iran-South Africa joint cooperation co...Aug 22, 2006Iran, SAfrica: NPT states entitled to peaceful nuclear energy
South Africa and Iran on Tuesday stressed that all signatories to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are entitled to peaceful use of nuclear energy. In a joint communique, issued at the end of Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottak...Aug 22, 2006Mottaki blames international new system
Iranian foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, said here on Tuesday that the inappropriate approach of some great powers has led to instability and illegal function of the international new system. Speaking in a meeting of working group of Ind...Aug 21, 2006Mottaki: Iran committed to holding talks on its nuclear issue
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Monday said that Iran is willing to continue talks on the remaining issues related to its nuclear activities for peaceful purposes to come up with a proper solution. The minister made the remark at the...Aug 21, 2006FM: Zionist regime greatly mistaken in its calculations
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Monday condemned the Zionist regime for killing innocent civilian Lebanese people and said that their defeat by Lebanon`s resistance shows that they were greatly mistaken in their calculations. Addres...Aug 21, 20069th Iran-S Africa joint cooperation commission opens
The 9th session of the Iran-South Africa Joint Cooperation Commission kicked off here Monday. The session was chaired by visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his South African counterpart, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who both ...Aug 21, 2006Iran`s FM arrives in South Africa
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived here Monday morning for an official two-day visit to hold talks with senior South African officials and attend the 9th session of the two countries` joint commission. Mottaki, who is heading...Aug 19, 2006FM: US disregard for world public opinion to worsen regional crisis
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Saturday underlined that the US unilateral approaches to and disregard for the world public opinion will deteriorate regional tension and crises. According to a report released by the Foreign Ministry...Aug 16, 2006FM: Iran attaches no value to UNSC nuclear resolution
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday that the resolution issued by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Iran`s nuclear activities is illegal, political and therefore of no value to Iranians. He made the remark in res...Aug 16, 2006Mottaki: Confidence-building is a two-way street
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday that confidence-building is a two-way process. `Confidence should be built by the two sides and European states should look at the reality and understand the new regional conditions,` said...Aug 16, 2006Iran, Mali keen to expand bilateral ties
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Malian counterpart Mokhtar Ouan in a meeting on Wednesday urged the need to expand bilateral relations in political and economic fields. After the meeting, during which a cooperation agreement was s...Aug 16, 2006Iran, Mali discuss mutual ties plus regional, int`l issues
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Malian counterpart Mokhtar Ouan in a meeting here Wednesday discussed ways of strengthening bilateral relations as well as regional and international issues. For his part, Mottaki referred to the co...Aug 16, 2006Hezbollah`s resistance has led to greater unity in Islamic world: Mottaki
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Tuesday night that the resistance shown by Lebanon`s Hezbollah against the Zionist regime in the recently concluded Middle East war has led to reinforcement of unity and solidarity in the Islamic world....Aug 16, 2006Iran, Saudi Arabia urge Islamic states to protect their unity
Iran and Saudi Arabia urged the need to protect unity among Islamic states and called for further cooperation on regional issues, in particular under the current sensitive conditions. At a meeting between the visiting Iranian Foreign Minister...Aug 16, 2006Mottaki urges West to consider new situation in dealing with Islamic world
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Tuesday that Western countries should take into accout the new situation in their relations with Islamic countries. Speaking in Riyadh on recent developments in the Middle East before windin...Aug 15, 2006Iran, Saudi Arabia review regional developments
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki conferred here Tuesday with his Saudi counterpart Prince Saud al-Faisal on the latest developments in the Middle East. At the meeting, the two sides exchanged views on regional developments mainly in Lebano...Aug 14, 2006Iranian FM in Algeria for talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived in the Algerian capital Sunday night to hold talks with senior Algerian officials. Mottaki, who heads a high-ranking political delegation in this visit, arrived in Algiers on the fourth roun...Aug 14, 2006Iran, Algeria review situation in Lebanon
Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Algerian Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem here on Monday reviewed issues of mutual interest. Latest regional and international developments, particularly the Zionists` savage atrociti...Aug 14, 2006FM: US wrong policies make Middle East insecure, unstable
Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a meeting with the Algerian Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem on Monday underlined that the US wrong policies have made the Middle East unstable and insecure. Discussing the regional co...Aug 14, 2006Iran`s foreign minister to visit Saudi Arabia
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who is on a tour of the regional countries, is to arrive in Saudi Arabia on Monday evening. The foreign minister is to discuss and exchange views on bilateral ties and developments in the region, e...Aug 14, 2006Iranian FM in Algeria for talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived in the Algerian capital Sunday night to hold talks with senior Algerian officials. Mottaki, who heads a high-ranking political delegation in this visit, arrived in Algiers on the fourth roun...Aug 14, 2006Iranian FM meets Egyptian FM
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Sunday acknowledged Iran`s right to access nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. Aboul Gheit`s comments were heard at a joint press conference with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki yes...Aug 13, 2006Iran`s FM briefs reporters on his talks with Egyptian officials
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Sunday briefed reporters on the outcome his meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit. On the third leg of his regional tour, Mottaki arrived in Iskandar...Aug 13, 2006Iranian FM meets Egyptian President
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in a meeting with Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Sunday called for the need to establish immediate cease-fire in Lebanon and implement the United Nations Security Council resolution. At the thre...Aug 12, 2006Iranian FM meets Yemeni President
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Saturday appreciated Iran`s approach to Lebanon and its support for Lebanese Hizbollah against the Zionist regime`s aggressions. For his pa...Aug 12, 2006Iran`s FM in Yemen to discuss mutual ties, regional issues
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived in the Yemeni capital, Sana`a, early Saturday to discuss avenues for bolstering bilateral relations as well as regional issues, particularly the ongoing war in Lebanon. Mottaki, who is on a ...Aug 12, 2006Iran`s FM discusses issues of mutual interests with Turkish PM
Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met here on Friday afternoon with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In the 40-minute meeting, held behind closed door, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was also present. ...Aug 12, 2006Iran, Turkey pushing for balanced UNSC resolution on Lebanon: Mottaki
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Iran and Turkey were pushing for adoption of a balanced resolution by the United Nations Security Council to end the crisis in Lebanon. `We share similar concerns and we are taking steps to hav...Aug 11, 2006Mottaki: Iran, Turkey jointly concerned over Lebanon
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in Istanbul, Turkey, on Friday that Iran and Turkey share a common concern on the ongoing developments in Lebanon. Talking to reporters upon arrival in Istanbul, Mottaki said he was carrying a m...Aug 9, 2006Mottaki meets Japanese parliamentarian delegation
Members of the visiting Japanese parliamentarian delegation met Wednesday with Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and discussed political, cultural and economic cooperation between the two countries. Referring to the age-old historical relat...Aug 7, 2006UNSC draft resolution on Lebanon `one-sided`: Mottaki
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Monday that a draft resolution sought to be passed in the UN Security Council to try to end the war in Lebanon is `quite one-sided and shows US influence` in its preparation. Mottaki`s remarks cam...Aug 7, 2006Mottaki voices concern over UNSC unilateralism
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Monday voiced concern about the United Nations Security Council`s unilateralism. According to the General Information and Press Bureau of the Foreign Ministry, Mottaki made the remark in his meeting wi...Aug 7, 2006US, UK complicit in Israeli war crimes: Mottaki
Britain`s Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George W. Bush are `co-defendants` in war crimes committed y the Zionist regime in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said. Mottaki, the Guardian reported on Monday, also said...Aug 7, 2006Mottaki`s message on Lebanon submitted to Russian counterpart
Iran`s Ambassador to Russia Gholam-Reza Ansari here Monday submitted a message of the Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the Zionist regime`s aggression on Lebanon. In a meeting with Russia...Aug 6, 2006Mottaki: Israel faces difficulty in war with Islamic Resistance
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Sunday said that for the first time the Zionist regime`s army has faced difficulties and been forced to bow down in a war with the Lebanese Islamic Resistance. Speaking in a meeting with visiting Seneg...Aug 5, 2006Iran FM: Zionist regime and supporters after lost ambitions
Iran`s Foreign Minister stated due to the military defeat of the Zionist regime, this regime and its supporters, the U. S. and the U. K. are after political methods so revive their lost ambitions in the region. Manouchehr Mottaki ...Aug 2, 2006Qana massacre, another example of United Nations insufficiency
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday that the war crimes in Qana committed by the Zionist regime is another example for UN insufficiency. Talking to IRNA at Mehrabad airport upon his arrival in Tehran from Beirut, Damascus an...Aug 2, 2006Iran foreign minister confers with Qatari counterpart
Iran and Qatar on Wednesday discussed bilateral ties and cooperation in various economic and political fields and diplomatic efforts to end humanitarian crisis in Lebanon. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, en route to home from Leb...Aug 2, 2006FM: Zionist regime fails to achieve any of its military targets
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Wednesday said that the Zionist regime has achieved none of its intended military targets in its preplanned aggression on Lebanon. He made the remark while talking to domestic and foreign reporters upo...Aug 2, 2006FM: Zionist regime`s supporters, accomplices in its crimes
Supporters of the Zionist regime are accomplices in its heinous crimes against the Lebanese nation, particularly crimes committed in Qana against scores of defenseless women and children, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Tuesda...Aug 1, 2006Mottaki: Qana massacre is a crime against humanity
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Tuesday that Qana massacre is an instance of crime against humanity. Speaking at a press briefing, Mottaki called for judicial investigation into Qana tragedy and prosecution and trial of the c...Aug 1, 2006Mottaki, Lahoud review regional developments
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Tuesday conferred with the Lebanese President Emile Lahoud on recent developments in the region. At the meeting, the two sides discussed various issues including current wide-scale Zionist attac...Aug 1, 2006Mottaki confers with Lebanon`s PM, parliament speaker
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Tuesday held separate meetings with Lebanon`s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on the latest political developments in Lebanon and ongoing crisis. Currently on a visit to ...Aug 1, 2006Iranian, Lebanese FMs review developments in meeting
Visiting Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki in a meeting with his Lebanese counterpart Fauzi Sallokh here on Monday reviewed the latest developments in the course of Zionist regime`s all-out war against Lebanon. Mottaki af...
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