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A senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei boasted Sunday the Islamic republic is now capable of building a nuclear bomb, waiting until U.S. President Joe Biden was in the air and flying home from his Middle East visit to make the declaration of advanced capability. “In a few days we were able to enrich uranium up to 60 percent and we can easily produce 90% enriched uranium … Iran has the technical means to produce a nuclear bomb but there has been no decision by Iran to build one,” Kamal Kharrazi told Al Jazeera’s Arabic service in a...

Bush's comments on Iran election reflect his ignorance: Kharrazi TEHRAN (Agencies) -- Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said here Friday that U.S. President George W. Bush's recent comments on Iran's presidential election is due to his lack of knowledge about Iran, IRNA reported. Kharrazi made the remark after casting his vote. The Iranian foreign minister’s comments followed Bush's criticism of Iran's presidential election which he said would retain power in the hands of an unelected few and are undemocratic. Kharrazi added: "While lecturing us on democracy, Bush totally ignores the presence of grass root democracy in Iran and launches a campaign...

delegation representing Hizbullah’s Loyalty to the Resistance parliamentary bloc, headed by Nabatieh MP Mohammed Raad, ended a three-day visit to Iran, during which it met with the country’s top leaders, a Hizbullah statement said Thursday. The statement quoted Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi saying he hoped the visit would further consolidate parliamentary cooperation between the two countries, drawing attention to the political activity of Hizbullah and its “regional importance.” Kharrazi said Iran was trying to “warn of the dangers of the American onslaught on Iraq, which will cover the entire Islamic region. “Should we succeed in our efforts, this will...