 | Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks during a media conference at the Iranian Embassy in Brussels, Monday Feb. 20, 2006. Mottaki said Monday that his country was looking for a peaceful solution to the international dispute over its nuclear plans and was ready to renew negotiations with the Western powers. click to open  |
 | Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in Damascus January 19, 2006. Syria said on Thursday Iran had the right to acquire nuclear technology for peaceful means and demanded Israel be stripped of its suspected nuclear arsenal. click to open |
 | Syrian President Bashar al-Assad(R) and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad give a joint press conference in Damascus on Jan 19 2006. Assad pledged support for Iran's nuclear program and rejected pressure on Tehran. click to open |
 | Satellite image released by DIGITALGLOBE shows the Bushehr nuclear reactor site in Iran. US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick is due to depart on a tour of Japan and China to discuss security and trade issues, including Iran's disputed nuclear program, the State Department said on Jan 19 2006 click to open |
 | Russian-made Sam-6 surface-to-air missiles are seen beside of a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a war exhibition to commemorate the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war at Baharestan square, south of Tehran September 24, 2005. The EU's top powers submitted a resolution on Friday to the U.N. nuclear watchdog requiring Iran to be reported to the Security Council over what the West fears is a covert atomic weapons programme. click to open |
 | Iran's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna Mohammad Mehdi Akhondzadeh Basti briefs the media during anIAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, September 22, 2005. The European Union's three main powers have dropped a demand that the U.N. nuclear watchdog report Iran to the Security Council over its atomic plans due to opposition from Russia and China, diplomats said on Thursday. click to open |
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