Iran news headlines on Monday include Supreme Leader appointment of Ahmadinejad to expediency council; Iran condemnation of west support of terrorists in Syria;  top Korean official describing Tehran-Pyongyang as global role models; Iran hosting of Int'l conference on campaign against cyber crimes; country Foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Araqchi remarks over necessity UK initiating for reviving ties with Iran; country expressing it's readiness for help with stabilization Iraq; Germany underlining it's readiness for holding ''substantial talks' with Tehran and SA seeking better ties with Iran.
 
Leader appoints Ahmadinejad to expediency council
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has appointed former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the Expediency Council.

 
Iran condemns western states’ support for terrorists in Syria
Iran’s Human Rights Headquarters condemned the West for supporting terrorist groups in Syria and supplying arms to them.

 
Top Korean official describes tehran, Pyongyong as global role models
President of North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) Presidium Kim Yong Nam in a meeting with Head of Iran’s Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in Tehran appreciated Tehran and Pyongyang’s resistance against enemies’ plots, and said the two nations taught the world people not to bow to foreign pressures and threats.

 
Commander: Iran to host Int’l conference on campaign against cyber crimes
Iran will host a conference and a regional workshop on international cooperation and campaign against cyber crimes on August 13-14, a senior police commander announced on Monday.

 
UK cut off ties, must initiate their revival: Iran
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi has emphasized that Britain should take the measure to revive relations with Tehran since it was London that unilaterally severed ties with the Islamic Republic.

 
Jalili: Iran ready to help stabilize Iraq
Jalili made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Iraqi Vice President Khudair Khuzaie heading a high ranking delegation to Tehran to attend the oath taking ceremony of President Hassan Rohani.

 
Germany voices readiness to engage in ‘substantial talks’ with Iran
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has expressed his country’s readiness to hold “substantial talks” with Tehran following the inauguration of Iran’s new president, Hassan Rohani.

 
SA seeks better Iran trade ties
International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said in Tehran on Sunday that South Africa wanted to study expanding economic and trade relations with Iran under its new government.

 

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