TEHRAN, March 16 (MNA) Irans Parliament deputy-head of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission has said Minister of Intelligence had warned the Foreign Ministry about Ashtons meetings with some convicted seditionists. Mansour Haghighatpour told Mehr News Parliament correspondent that the Commission had met with Intelligence Minister and Takht ...

Tehran, YJC. Disaster is the name given by Larijani to the EUHRs meeting with some human rights activists of Iran. "The EUHR Catherine Ashton having contact with some seditionist in her recent visit to Iran and the statements that followed were a kind of disrespect for Iran, exclaimed Sadeq Amoli Larijani, Head of Irans Judiciary Branch. He stated ...

TEHRAN, Iran The general feelingin Tehran was mixed when Catherine Ashton, high representative for foreign affairs and security policy for the European Union, arrivedon March 8. Government officials, especially those at the Foreign Ministry, celebrated Ashton's visit as solid proof that their months-long efforts had borne fruitin lifting thediplomatic ...

TEHRAN The highest-level European diplomatic visit to Iran in six years has ended, but controversy remained Tuesday about theEuropean Unionenvoys meeting with a pair of women activists. Political conservatives have lashed out at the meeting involving Catherine Ashton, the EUs foreign policy chief, and two women closely identified with the opposition....

Tehran, March 11, IRNA Senior member of parliament on Tuesday criticized European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton over an ?unsanctioned? meeting with the woman activists in Tehran. Chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi made the remarks in a press conference. ?Contact with civil society ...

Tehran, March 11, IRNA Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday that Iran has summoned Austrian ambassador to Tehran and conveyed its protest to the non-diplomatic move by the visiting chief of the EU foreign policy Catherine Ashton. Ignoring diplomatic norms, Ashton held some unofficial meetings in Tehran. The move was seriously criticized by ...