Iran Calls on North Korea, South Korea to Bury Hatchet
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged North Korea and its neighboring country South Korea to bury their differences and not to allow the enemies to sow discord between them
The officials of both countries should not let enemies fish in troubled waters and should wisely thwart their conspiracies, Ahmadinejad said in a meeting with the new North Korean ambassador to Tehran on Tuesday.
President Ahmadinejad also advised the US officials to avoid provocative measures and to pull out their forces from the region and let the people in both Koreas resolve their own problems.
Arrogant powers try to sow seeds of discord among world nations to attain their sinister goals, he said.
Expressing satisfaction of the expansion of ties between Iran and North Korea, he underlined that there is no limit to upholding of amicable ties between the two countries.
In the meeting, the new North Korean ambassador submitted his credentials to the president and said it is among legitimate rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran to benefit from nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
North Korea is opposed to putting pressure or imposing sanctions against Iran and believes that the country’s nuclear standoff with the West should be resolved through peaceful means, said the new North Korean ambassador.
UNIDIR’s official welcomes becoming operational of Bushehr plant
Tehran, Aug 18, (IRNA) – A senior official at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) welcomed Tuesday coming on stream of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in southern Iran.
Senior Researcher and Project Manager of the UNIDIR Yuri Yudin told IRNA in Geneva, Switzerland, that becoming operational of the power plant would not violate any of the UN resolutions and is legal. Commenting on claims made by some Western states that Russia should not help launching the first Iranian nuclear power plant, Yudin said the Bushehr Power Plant was clearly excluded form the UN Security Council’s resolutions. The researcher added although Moscow was under pressure by certain states to stop helping Tehran put the power plant into operation, the pressures had nothing to do with the existing UNSC’s resolutions and sanctions against Iran. Fuel is to be injected to the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant next Saturday. The 1,000-MW power plant is considered by many scholars as a source of pride for both the Iranian nation and the World of Islam.UNIDIR’s official welcomes becoming operational of Bushehr plant
Tehran, Aug 18, (IRNA) – A senior official at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) welcomed Tuesday coming on stream of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in southern Iran.
Documents were given to prosecutor general due to Hariri request
Beirut, Aug 18, (IRNA) – Hezbollah said that according to a request by Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, documents and evidence related to Israel role in assassination of Rafik Hariri were submitted to the Lebanese prosecutor general Hezbollah, by issuing a statement on Tuesday evening, said that in a meeting between Saad Hariri and Assistant Secretary General of Hezbollah Hussein al-Khalil on Sunday evening and upon Hariri request, documents which had been presented by Hezbollah Secretary General Seyed Hassan Nasrollah about Israel role in assassination of Rafik Hariri were submitted to Prosecutor General Saeed Mirza. Hezbollah underlined that they have submitted whatever they had to Lebanon judiciary system and do not consider themselves accountable to Hariri’s international court
Trust between people, and government is essential: Rafsanjani
TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) – Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has stated that trust between the people and the government is essential for the future of the country.
The mutual trust between the people and authorities is the driving force of the Islamic Revolution, Rafsanjani said in a gathering of academics in Tehran on Tuesday.
He also underscored the importance of advancing scientific studies in the country, saying that Islam attaches great significance to science and its role in human societies.
The Islamic Republic of Iran takes pride in its academic and scientific achievements over the past 30 years, he said.
But he said efforts should be made to facilitate the scientific progress of the country.
Rafsanjani also called on the people to maintain national cohesion.