... nations called Friday for an end to the violence in Iran and urged the authorities to find a peaceful solution. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hasan Qashqavi was quoted by the official news agency IRNA as accusing the G-8 of "interventionist ...

... At the time, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps detained a tanker for allegedly smuggling Iraqi oil. An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said, "Iran's policy is to counter oil smuggling and to observe United Nations sanctions against ...

... And also to perhaps air your views about the root causes of such incidents," Ahmadinejad told the network. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini also appeared dismayed that the request was rejected. "What kind of damage ...