Vienna  - Anti-Iran activists held protests at the outset of the annual shareholders' meeting

Kabul  - The Afghan Foreign Ministry summoned Iran's charge d'affaires in Kabul to prot

Yekaterinenburg, Russia  - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the six UN nations negotiating with Tehran over its nuclear programme should offer Iran security guarantees.

"I think the six could take the following step: firmly place concrete offers on the negotiating table, guaranteeing Iran's security and ensuring it a more prominent position in negotiations in Middle East talks," Lavrov was quoted by Itar-tass as saying.

Lavrov was meeting with his German and Chinese counterparts Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Yang Jeichi in the Russian Urals city of Yekaterinburg.

Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday predicted no changes in relations with Russia during the presidency of Dmitry Medvedev.

"Iran and Russia and two old neighbours and their relations should naturally be united and therefore I predict no changes," Ahmadinejad told a press conference in Tehran.

"Furthermore, global developments and our common stances on several issues will push both states towards further deepening bilateral ties," Ahmadinejad added.

He also declared readiness to visit the new Russian president in Moscow and invited Medvedev to Tehran.

Tehran  - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday invited the new United States president to a debate.

"I invited (last year) the (current) US president to a debate at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, but he rejected," Ahmadinejad told reporters in Tehran.

"Now that his term is coming to an end, I am ready to have this debate with one the candidates (who wins the presidential race)," he said.

Ahmadinejad added that Iran has always said that except Israel, Iran would talk to any other country, including the US.

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