Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the Western powers are concerned about Tehran’s steady progress in becoming energy independent rather than its alleged potential to build a nuclear bomb. “The [Western] powers are in fact afraid of Iran’s many accomplishments in nuclear technology, rather than its capability to produce a nuclear bomb,” Ahmadinejad said in an [...]

IRI Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Sayyed Shamseddin Hosseini said for the first time, heads of the Islamic countries will study world financial crisis in Turkey. Hosseini heading a high ranking delegation is in Istanbul to attend the 25th meeting of the Permanent Committee of Social and Economic Cooperation (COMSEC) affiliated to OIC, the [...]

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Turkey to attend an upcoming conference of the Permanent Committee of Social and Economic Cooperation (COMSEC). The conference will be held to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the permanent committee. Ahmadinejad will hold talks with some leaders of Islamic countries during the conference, IRNA reported on Thursday. [...]