Three Iranian Islands in the Persian Gulf are inseparable part of Iranian territory, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini on Sunday. He strongly refuted statement made by Arab League chief Amr Mousa that he put on the agenda of Su...Mar 30, 2008Iran dismisses Amr Mousa`s statement on Iranian Islands
Iran on Sunday dismissed a statement made by Arab League Secretary General Amr Mousa about putting misunderstanding with the United Arab Emirates over three Iranian Islands in the Persian Gulf on agenda of Summit held in Damascus. Foreign M...Mar 30, 2008Mottaki winds up visit to Syria
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki wound up his two-day official visit on Sunday afternoon. The Iranian foreign minister during his stay in Syria conferred with a number of high ranking officials from the Arab League member states dur...Mar 29, 2008Qatari Emir satisfied with ties with Iran
Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani here on Saturday expressed his satisfaction with the growing trend of Tehran-Doha bilateral relation. He made the remarks in a meeting with Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki held on the ...Mar 29, 2008Iran, Cuba FMs meet
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Cuban counterpart, Felipe Perez Roque, here on Saturday called for expansion of bilateral ties between the two states. During the meeting which was held on the sidelines of the 20th Summit o...Mar 28, 2008Mottaki lauds Syria`s successful diplomacy
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki lauded Syria`s successful diplomacy to make arrangement for the 20th Summit of leaders of Arab states. He made the remarks while talking to reporters upon arrival at the Syrian capital Friday evening...Mar 28, 2008Hosseini refutes Bush`s unsubstantiated anti-Iran claims
Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini on Friday dismissed the US President George W Bush`s `unjustified` anti-Iran claims. `Such claims represent baseless, repeated and boring stances and are an effort to offlay responsibilities o...Mar 28, 2008Mottaki congratulates Malaysian Foreign, Home Ministers
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has in separate messages congratulated Malaysian newly-mint Foreign Minister Rais Yatim and Home Minister Hamid Al Bar on their appointment to the posts. Mottaki has in the messages wished the two ministers...Mar 25, 2008FM leaves Tajikistan for home
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki wound up his two-day tour to Tajikistan and left here for Tehran on Tuesday. At Dushanbe Airport, Mottaki was seen off by his Tajik and Afghan counterparts and Iran`s Ambassador to Tajikistan, Ali-Asghar S...Mar 25, 2008Iranian, Tajik, Afghan FMs take part in Noruz celebrations
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Afghan counterpart Rangin Dadfar Espanta along with Tajik Foreign Minister Khan Zarifi took part in Noruz (New Year) celebrations in Hesar region in vicinity of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Tuesday.Mar 25, 2008Iranian, Tajik, Afghan FMs satisfied with their 2-day talks
Iranian, Tajik and Afghan foreign ministers said on Tuesday that they had held `important and positive` talks in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, from March 24-25 for expansion of trilateral relations and regional cooperation. Iran`s Manuchehr Mottaki,...Mar 25, 2008Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan to bolster economic, cultural ties
The three Persian speaking neighboring countries of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan here on Tuesday issued a joint communique for expansion of trilateral economic and cultural relations. The statement, including a prelude and 12 clauses, was...Mar 25, 2008Mottaki inspects Sangtudeh-2 power plant dam project
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Tuesday visited Tajikistan`s Sangtudeh-2 power plant dam project, that has been undertaken by Iranian companies. In the visit on the second day of his two-day visit to Tajikistan, Mottaki met director...Mar 24, 2008Mottaki confers with Tajik president
Iranian Foreign Minister and Tajik president in Dushanbe on Monday held talks on ways to develop cooperation. Manouchehr Mottaki and President Imomali Rakhmon held consultation on regional and international issues including the Economic Coope...Mar 24, 2008Tajikistan keen on active cooperation with Iran: Khairulloyev
Speaker of Tajik Parliament Sadullo Khairulloyev on Monday called for boosting of relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran. In a meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Dushanbe, Khairulloyev offered felicitations t...Mar 24, 2008First round of trilateral meeting ends in Dushanbe
The first round of talks between foreign ministers of Tajikistan, Iran and Afghanistan ended here Monday evening. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Afghan and Tajik counterparts Rangin Dadfar Spanta and Hamrohan Zarifi consi...Mar 24, 2008Iranian, Tajik FMs discuss ways to develop Tehran-Dushanbe ties
The Iranian and Tajik foreign ministers in Dushanbe on Monday held talks on ways to develop bilateral relations. Manouchehr Mottaki and Hamrohan Zarifi said that they are willing to boost economic and cultural cooperation. Zarifi pointe...Mar 24, 2008Iranian FM arrives in Tajikistan
Iranian Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, arrived in Dushanbe, Tajik capital, on Monday to attend a trilateral meeting with Tajik and Afghan foreign ministers and bilateral meeting with Tajik officials as well. Mottaki was welcomed by hi...Mar 24, 2008Mottaki: Iran ready to join Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Iran is ready to join Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). After meeting with Tajik President Imomali Rakhmon here on Monday, Mottaki told reporters, `Iran has observer status in the SCO and h...Mar 22, 2008Mottaki: No diversion in Iran`s nuclear path
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Saturday that Iran has had no diversion in its way to gain access to nuclear technology. Mottaki told a group of locals that Iran is entitled to peaceful nuclear technology and will not backdown ...Mar 22, 2008Mottaki: Iran to attain more prosperity in intl. level this year
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Saturday that Iran will witness more prosperity in international level this year. Mottaki told a group of people on the occasion of Unity Week that his ministry will this year strive for safeguar...Mar 17, 2008Mottaki: Iran not insisting on talk with the US on Iraq
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Monday that Tehran has not made any demand for talks with the US on Iraq`s security. Making the remark at a joint news conference with his Swiss counterpart Micheline Calmy-Rey, Mottaki noted that...Mar 17, 2008FM: UNSC performance undermines IAEA status
The performance of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) undermines the status of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Monday. Mottaki made the remark in a meeting with the visiting...Mar 9, 2008FM suggests West not to discredit international bodies
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki suggests Western powers on Sunday not to discredit international bodies anymore. `Since the end of the cold war, the shortest and most effective way to influence international relations is to practice unil...Mar 9, 2008Technical reasons, cause of delay in Iran-US talks on Iraq: FM
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Sunday that the delay in Iran-US talks on Iraq was due to technical reasons. He told reporters on the sidelines of an international conference on Iran`s peaceful nuclear program that the fourth ro...Mar 9, 2008Mottaki: Israeli atrocity deepens its own crisis
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Sunday that the atrocity of the Israeli regime increases its own crisis. Mottaki made the remarks in a meeting with Secretary General of Islamic Jihad of Palestine Ramadhan Abdullah. Mottaki s...Mar 8, 2008FM ends short visit to Syria
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki wound up a short visit to Syria on Saturday after meeting with his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Moallem at Damascus` airport. Mottaki had a stopover in Syria on his way home from an African tour that brought...Mar 5, 2008Mottaki: Wrong US policies claimed lives of 600,000 Iraqi people
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in Geneva on Wednesday that the wrong policies of the US in Iraq claimed the lives of 600,000 people in that country. Mottaki made the remark in a UN-sponsored conference on disarmament in Genev...Mar 5, 2008Mottaki urges expansion of Iran-India relations
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Wednesday stressed the need to expand Iran-India relations in view of their extensive capacities for the purpose. Mottaki made the call in a meeting with Indian Minister of State for External Affairs H...Mar 5, 2008Iran critical of human rights violations in Gaza
Foreign Minister of Iran Manouchehr Mottaki on Wednesday expressed concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in the Gaza Strip calling it a `human disaster`. Mottaki made the remarks in a meeting with the United Nations High Commi...Mar 4, 2008Mottaki: IAEA should probe Zionist regime nuclear arsenal
Iran`s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Tuesday that the IAEA should find out how the Zionist regime has been armed with nuclear weapons and put the issue on its agenda. Mottaki made the remark in a UN-sponsored conference on disa...Mar 3, 2008Mottaki: Iran has proposed a new practical plan to help restore security in Iraq
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday that the Islamic Republic of Iran has offered a new practical plan dubbed as `software program` which helps restore security in Iraq. Speaking to reporters, he said in the new offer there is ...Mar 2, 2008Mottaki: Nations no longer accept US ambitions
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Sunday that nations are no longer willing to tolerate the US adventurism and ambitions. `The US ambition is not something new. They (Americans) think they have interests in the four corners of...Mar 2, 2008Mottaki advises US to set aside obstinacy
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Sunday urged US statesmen to be sincere with their own nation and set aside obstinacy and officially recognize the inalienable rights of NPT members. `Following the release of IAEA report and removal o...Mar 1, 2008Mottaki: Iran, Eritrea share common interests
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday that Iran and Eritrea share common interests which have prepared grounds for further development of both countries. Mottaki made the remark in a meeting with new Eritrean Accredited Ambass...Mar 1, 2008New Indonesian ambassador submits copy of his credentials to FM
New Indonesian Ambassador to Tehran Ivan Veiranata Etmaja submitted a copy of his credentials to Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Saturday. At the meeting the two sides discussed bilateral ties as well as international and regional is...Mar 1, 2008First Comoran envoy submits copy of credential to FM
The first Comoran Ambassador to Tehran Ahmad Mujib al-Mazouqi submitted a copy of his credentials to Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki here Saturday. At the meeting Mottaki expressed pleasure over the establishment of direct diplomatic repr...
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