An Iranian official said 8 Russian experts on Friday joined the Iranian team investigating the cause of the crash of an Iranian airliner which claimed the lives of 168 people.

Head of Iran’s Judo Federation here Wednesday condoled with nation on sad demise of their teen aged judokas’ team in Caspian Air flight disaster.

EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Javier Solana expressed condolences on the plane crash in Iran which claimed lives of 168 civilians on Wednesday.

A spokesman for Iranian Aviation Organization confirmed death of all 168 people aboard an Iranian passenger plane traveling from Tehran to Yerevan, Armenia Wednesday morning.

A passenger plane with some 150 passengers on board crashed near Jannat-Abad village in the sauburb of the provincial capital city of Qazvin, about 200 km northwest of Tehran, on Wednesday.

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman here on Tuesday underscored the need for regular consultations between Iranian and Lebanese officials.

Iranian and Turkish officials held talks Tuesday on removing problems with their trade promotion and reviewed ways to expand bilateral cooperation.

Speaker of Armenia National Assembly Hovik Abhrahamyan, in a meeting with Iran’s ambassador to Yerevan Ali Saqaeeian, Tuesday congratulated President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election as the presid

Iran’s National Library and Documents Organization bought a copy of the biggest encyclopedia in the world titled ‘Mosouat Al-Tashriaat Al-Arabia’.

Tajik Minister of Culture on Tuesday appreciated Iran’s efforts to help promote regional cooperation.