AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will pay a two-day visit to Turkey next week, a Turkish foreign ministry official said Sunday.
Iran summons Pakistan envoy over bomb blasts
AFP: Iran on Sunday said it had summoned the Pakistani ambassador following two bomb blasts in its southeastern border city of Zahedan, one of which killed 11 elite Revolutionary Guards.
Iran says will not halt uranium enrichment
Reuters: Iran will not agree to suspend uranium enrichment as demanded by the U.N. Security Council, which has given Tehran until February 21 to halt sensitive atomic work, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
US not seeking Iran showdown: Pentagon official
AFP: Washington is not seeking a military confrontation with Tehran over its controversial nuclear programme, a senior Pentagon official told a Gulf security conference Saturday.
Indian officials to visit Islamabad for Iran pipeline talks
AFP: Indian oil ministry officials will travel to Islamabad next week to discuss constructing a long-awaited multi-billion dollar gas pipeline from Iran through Pakistan, an official said Saturday.
New deadly chopper crash in Iran
AFP: Two people were killed Saturday when their helicopter crashed into a lake in southern Iran while attempting to recover the wreckage of a chopper from a crash two days earlier at the same location.
Nuclear energy Iran’s ‘future and destiny’: Khamenei
AFP: Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave his unequivocal backing to Iran’s nuclear programme Saturday, saying it was the “future and destiny” for a country whose fossil fuels would one day run out.
Rice says Iran responsible for Iraq weapons smuggle
AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice insisted anew Saturday that the Iranian government be held responsible for the use of Iranian made weapons against US forces in neighboring Iraq, even if no direct link can be proven.
Syria’s Assad holds talks in Iran over Iraq
Reuters: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad discussed instability in Iraq and the crisis in Lebanon with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the start of a two-day visit to Iran on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency said.
Iraq says borders with Iran and Syria to re-open
Reuters: Iraq will re-open its borders with Iran and Syria, closed earlier this week in the initial stages of a security crackdown, a spokesman for the officer overseeing the plan said on Saturday.
