TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday met Algeria's visiting Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia for talks on boosting bilateral ties to "correct" the world order, his website reported.
Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying in the meeting that relations between Tehran and Algiers could "influence" international affairs.
"Independent countries, using logical and humane polici [...]
BAKU (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that the case of a woman sentenced to death by stoning was still under investigation and denounced the US outcry over her sentence as biased.
The case of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, who has been sentenced to die by stoning on charges of adultery, has sparked international outrage and calls from the United States and Europe f [...]
BAKU (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that the case of a woman sentenced to death by stoning was still under investigation and denounced the US outcry over her sentence as biased.
The case of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, who has been sentenced to die by stoning on charges of adultery, has sparked international outrage and calls from the United States and Europe f [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said major powers are against solving the controversy surrounding Iran's nuclear programme, state television reported on its website on Thursday.
"In the next few days, the dialogue will commence but our experience shows that they are not seeking to solve the issue," Ahmadinejad said, referring to upcoming talks with six countries over Tehr [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at Russia on Wednesday, saying it had "sold out" Iran to arch-foe the United States by cancelling a deal to supply S-300 ground-to-air missiles.
"Some people who are under the influence of Satan (the United States) thought that if they unilaterally and illegally cancel some defence agreements that they have with us, it will hurt the [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - Imposing sanctions on Iran has been the "most ridiculous and failed" move adopted by the world powers, the country's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday.
"Imposing sanctions on Iran was the most ridiculous political decision ever. It was a failed thing from the beginning," Ahmadinejad said in an interview broadcast live on state television.
Ahmadinejad, [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that the foreign exchange reserves of sanctions-hit Iran were higher than the World Bank's estimate of 100 billion dollars.
"They say that the foreign exchange reserves of the country are estimated to be 100 billion dollars, but in fact they are definitely more than this figure," the website of Ahmadinejad's office quoted him a [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was on striking form when he met his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales on Wednesday -- on the football pitch for a friendly with top Iranian players, local media said.
The Iranian and Bolivian leaders, sporting T-shirts and shorts, played in the same team alongside Iran's star midfielder Karim Bagheri, with both scoring in a match that wa [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Saudi King Abdullah have had telephonic discussions on regional affairs for a second time within a fortnight, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported Thursday.
The Wednesday evening conversation comes at a time when the two regional arch-rivals are at odds over what is perceived as rising Iranian influence in Lebanese politics and [...]
TEHRAN (AFP) - World powers have no option but to talk with Iran over its nuclear programme, hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday in defiant comments ahead of next month's negotiations.
"We said from the start that the best way is to talk to Iran. You don't have any other option. All other ways are blocked," said Ahmadinejad, commenting for the first time since [...]
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