A senior Iranian national security official here on Wednesday stressed that Tehran will not study any plan entailing suspension of its uranium enrichment activities.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to pay a visit to Tajikistan in the near future.

Director General of the Organization of Chemical Weapons Convention stressed that the world community is striving to dismantle chemical arsenals all across the globe.

Chairman of the Norwegian parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee voiced his country’s support for Iran’s right to access and use civilian nuclear technology, and expressed hope that Iran and the West would attain a logical solution to the nuclear standoff through talks.

Iran’s former senior negotiator in nuclear talks with the West Hossein Moussavian, who was arrested on charges of transferring the country’s nuclear information to foreign states, is due to be released on a bail of USD 215000 Wednesday, an informed source told FNA.

Following Iran’s insistence on the necessity of indiscriminative implementation of all contents of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the first session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 NPT Review Conference unanimously approved of Iran’s stance, Tehran’s envoy to IAEA said.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting with Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon here in Tehran on Tuesday stressed that Tajikistan is an indispensable part of Iran’s culture.

Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said Iraq security talks in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh brought deeper humiliation for the US and displayed Iran’s good intentions in connection with the solution of the Iraqi nation’s problems.

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon here in Tehran on Tuesday said his country welcomes formation of regional cooperation organizations, in economic grounds in particular.

Sweden’s Foreign Minister Carl Bildt described continued consultations and exchange of views with Iran as efficient and constructive in finding solutions to many problems.