Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for the trial and punishment of the invaders of Iraq, saying such a move would end terrorism. “Those behind such a wrong decision, which led to the killing of hundreds of thousands of innocent people, must be punished,” Ahmadinejad said in an interview with al-Alam news channel on Wednesday. [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on regional countries to remain vigilant and put up a stiff resistance against enemies. “The great awareness which has emerged in the resistance front of regional nations from Lebanon to Iran will defeat all enemies,” Ahmadinejad said in a meeting with senior officials of Lebanon’s Amal Movement in the [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says corrupt monarchies and hegemonies with huge military spending are “the source of all global crises.” “Corrupt powers are not qualified to govern the international community neither theoretically nor practically,” Ahmadinejad said on Sunday. “Monarchic regimes and hegemonic powers are the source of all global crises,” the Iranian president’s official website [...]

Iran has launched more than 4,000 telecommunication and postal projects worth up to 1,900 billion rials (around 200 million dollars) in four provinces. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated the projects in the Provinces of Khorasan Razavi, Kerman, Bushehr and Isfahan through video conference on Sunday, IRIB reported. Promotion of national data network is among the [...]

Top Iranian and Venezuelan officials have proposed new industrial projects for further cooperation between the two allies in the future. Iran’s Industries and Mines Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian, in Caracas on an official visit, met with Venezuela’s house, industry and agriculture ministers in Caracas on Saturday to discuss joint industrial projects underway and planned by the [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to discuss the equipping and modernization of the Lebanese army by Iran during an upcoming visit to Beirut. Iranian Ambassador to Beirut Ghazanfar Roknabadi said that the issue will be brought up during President Ahmadinejad’s upcoming visit to Lebanon, which comes at the invitation of his Lebanese counterpart Michel Sleiman. [...]

Iran has so far compiled more than four thousand documents on the damages inflicted on the Iranian nation during the Second World War, an official says. Vice-President for Parliamentary Affairs Mohammad-Reza Mir-Tajeddini said Wednesday that Iran sought to demand compensation since it sustained heavy damages despite its neutrality in the war. Iran had declared its [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to pay a visit to New York to attend the upcoming session of the UN General Assembly, an Iranian spokesman confirmed. “The Iranian President will be present in the UN General Assembly meeting and will put forward his views based on a defined program,” Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has taunted the Israeli regime as “too weak to attack Iran,” promising a crushing response against any aggression. “Israel is too weak to stage a military strike against Iran, but if it attacks, it will receive a devastating response, which will make it regret its aggression,” said President Ahmadinejad in a [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appointed his special envoys for Middle East, Asia, Afghanistan and Caspian Sea affairs. In separate decrees issued on Sunday, Esfandiyar Rahim-Mashaei was appointed as the presidential envoy for Middle East and Hamid Baqaei for Asian affairs. Mohammad Mehdi Akhoundzadeh was assigned as the special envoy for Caspian Sea issues and [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran’s military might should reach a level where no adversary could undermine the sovereignty of the Islamic establishment. “If an evil force decides to launch an attack on Iran out of ignorance, we will have to thwart their aggression even before they succeed to hit their targets,” said President Ahmadinejad. [...]

Amid efforts to strengthen cooperation between developing countries, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Tehran earnestly welcomes ties with African nations. “Iran is taking firm steps toward the expansion of ties with all African nations — especially Senegal,” Ahmadinejad told Senegalese Foreign Minister Madicke Niang. “The expansion of bilateral ties in various fields would mutually benefit [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on regional countries to expand their cooperation in an effort to thwart plots by foreign powers to manipulate regional events. “Iran defends the territorial integrity and sovereignty of all regional countries, especially those in the Persian Gulf region,” the President said in a Thursday meeting with Qatar’s Prime Minister [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has announced a law instructing the government to cooperate with the UN atomic agency only within the framework of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The Law on Safeguarding the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Peaceful Nuclear Achievements has already been approved by lawmakers and the Guardian Council, reported the IRIB. Under the [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the Tehran Declaration provides solutions to the world nuclear problems by transforming confrontational attitudes. “The main objective of the Tehran Declaration was to avert confrontation and boost cooperation,” said the Iranian chief executive in an exclusive interview with Press TV, aired on August 15. Iran, Brazil and Turkey drew up [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has offered condolences to China over the country’s devastating landslide which has left more than 1,200 people dead. In a message to his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao, the Iranian chief executive extended his condolences to the government and people of China over the country’s recent floods and the ensuing landslide in [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad have stressed the need for sustained cooperation between the two countries. In a phone conversation with his Syrian counterpart on Friday, the Iranian chief executive also highlighted the importance of Iran-Syria ties and called for the strengthening of solidarity between Muslims, IRNA reported. “It is necessary [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says unity among Muslim nations will lead to the elimination of inequality and oppression everywhere. The Iranian chief executive made the comment in a telephone conversation with his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Friday, IRNA reported. President Ahmadinejad stressed the holy month of Ramadan could provide a better atmosphere for the [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stressed the importance of utilizing the universals shared by Iran and Cambodia to the benefit of global peace. Iran and Cambodia both enjoy great potentials and shared points of view which should be used to serve national interests and international peace, Ahmadinejad said in a meeting with Cambodian Foreign Minister [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has gifted a house in Isfahan to acclaimed American Iranologist Professor Richard Nelson Frye. Frye wrote a letter to Ahmadinejad in 2007, asking to be buried on the banks of Isfahan’s Zayandeh River near Arthur Pope, the great Iranologist and former director of the Asia Institute in Shiraz. President Ahmadinejad ordered [...]