Iran condemns attack on diplomats in Iraq
Tehran Times Political Desk

TEHRAN - Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini has condemned the attack on an Iranian Embassy vehicle that took place in Baghdad on Thursday.

Khayyam embodies philosophical, religious questions of Persian mind: scholar
Tehran Times Culture Desk

TEHRAN -- Scholar Majdeddin Keyvani is convinced that Khayyam embodies questions of the Iranian mind over generations.

Archaeologists discover Achaemenid predecessor of Yazd city
Tehran Times Culture Desk

TEHRAN -- A team of experts from the Yazd Cultural Heritage Center recently discovered the Achaemenid era predecessor of the city of Yazd.

Islamic world has sheltered Jewish people throughout history: rabbi
Tehran Times Political Desk

TEHRAN -- Israel must end its military occupation of Palestine because that is the only way that there can be peaceful negotiations that will resolve the longstanding dispute, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb said here last week.

Iran’s futsal team qualifies for final
Tehran Times Sports Desk

BANGKOK -- After defeating Japanese futsal team on Friday, Iran qualified for the 10th AFC Futsal Championship 2008 final game in Bangkok, Thailand.

The fall of a demigod
By Gul Jammas Hussain

Zinedine Zidane, the former French captain, the greatest player of his generation, as declared by David Beckham, his former team-mate at Real Madrid, has written glorious chapters in the history of football.

Iranian wushu athletes snatch 10 medals
Tehran Times Sports Desk

MACAU -- Iranian wushu athletes won ten medals in the seventh Asian Wushu Championships in Macau.

Iran calls talks with UN watchdog positive
Tehran Times Political Desk

TEHRAN - Iran said on Thursday the latest round of talks with UN inspectors to resolve remaining issues over its nuclear program were “positive and constructive,” Reuters reported on Friday.

Iran’s package will foster global peace, security: cleric

TEHRAN (IRNA) -- Substitute Friday prayers leader of Tehran Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said on Friday that Iran’s package of proposals is meant to promote peace and security in the world.

Lebanese head to Qatar for crisis talks

BEIRUT (Reuters) -- Rival Lebanese leaders flew to Qatar on Friday aiming to end a protracted political conflict that has pushed the country to the brink of a new civil war.

Pakistan, Iran pipeline talks on May 26

Pakistan and Iran are going to hold another round of talks over $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline deal in Tehran on May 26, a senior official in Petroleum Ministry told Thursday.