TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans Foreign Ministry hailed the release of the countrys four kidnapped border guards, who were held hostage by a Pakistani-based terrorist group for two months, stressing that it will keep up efforts to shed light on the fate of the fifth soldier still unaccounted for. On Sunday, four of the five Iranian border guards, who ...

Diplomacy with Iran is picking up fast. Followingrecent tripsby German,French, Italian and European Union parliamentarians, a delegation ofBritish lawmakers, headed by former minister of foreign affairs Jack Straw, visited Tehran in early January. In December,Emma Bonino, Italys foreign minister, became the first senior Western official tovisit Iranafter ...

SUMMARY:Speaking after a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday the first after his return from five days of diplomacy and public relations in New York President Rouhani pressed his line of engagementand nuclear discussions with the US and other countries, claiming that Iran had established its key starting points. Rouhani, referring to two of Tehrans essential ...