Iran's supreme leader has signaled a willingness to reinterpret Islamic law more favorably to women's rights — but not by following Western conventions, state media and his official Web site reported Thursday.
China's top U.N. envoy says his country is against additional measures being taken against Iran for not complying with previous Security Council sanctions.
Iran on Wednesday denounced as "false and ridiculous claims" new US accusations that a Lebanese Hizbullah special operations chief arrested in Iraq was working against US troops on behalf of Iran's elite Qods Force.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko promised aid to Iran's military on Thursday, holding talks with the visiting Iranian defense chief.
(RTTNews) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has relented on his rigid stand on woman's rights when he signaled a willingness to reinterpret Islamic law in favor of women's rights without following Western convention, his official Web site and state-run television reported Thursday.
Iran's Ambassador to the world atomic energy body Ali-Asghar Soltanieh said on Thursday that the European Union has been eliminated from the decision making process about Iran's nuclear issue after it has been referred to the Security Council.
_ U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad on Thursday accused Iran of supporting Shiite insurgents in Iraq and its elite Quds Force of supplying arms and money to the Taliban elements in Afghanistan.
President Bush and Russian President Putin spent time together recently in Kennebunkport, Maine. Let's hope they talked about ways to mutually handle Iran while casting lures into the Atlantic.
LONDON, July 6 (IranMania) - Iran denounced as "false and ridiculous claims" new US accusations that a Lebanese Hizbullah special operations chief arrested in Iraq was working against US troops on behalf of Iran's elite Qods Force, The Christian Science Monitor reported.
LONDON, July 6 (IranMania) - Ali Asghar Soltanieh, a top Iranian diplomat involved in negotiations with the European Union on Iran's nuclear issue Ali Asghar Soltanieh called on Europe to remedy past confidence deficits and reiterated the Islamic Republic's offer to give all assurances, IRNA reported.