BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 25--Belgium has called on the international community to consider Iran's legitimate security concerns, but also appealed to Iran to cooperate fully with the IAEA.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran is located in a region full of tensions and its security concerns are legitimate. The international community should take this into account," Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht told the 59th UN General Assembly in New York late Friday, IRNA reported.
The text of his speech was sent to the press in Brussels by the Belgian Foreign Ministry Saturday.
"On their part, the Iranian authorities must cooperate entirely with the AIEA and cease all activities linked to the enrichment of uranium. Iran will thus contribute significantly to the stabilization and prosperity of the region," he said.
The Belgian minister said the situation in Iraq will continue to present a considerable challenge over the coming months and even years.
"I congratulate the United Nations for its continued support to the Iraqi transition process, especially given the country's climate of insecurity."
De Gucht added that Belgium has already allocated 17 million euros to the reconstruction process in Iraq.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi met Belgian and Brazilian counterparts on Friday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
During his meeting with his Belgium counterpart Karel de Gucht, Kharrazi said Iran-Europe cooperation is important and urged continued talks and cooperation.
Alluding to the trend of probing into Iran's nuclear dossier, Kharrazi hoped it would be closed through further negotiation.
On Iran's negotiations with the EU "big three", he said most of Iran's nuclear-related issues have been resolved in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Kharrazi referred to IAEA head's statement that no trace of any imported or locally made substance fit for use in atomic weapons has been found and said it has been proved that Iran does not seek to produce nuclear arms. He added that Iran would not give up its legitimate right for the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
In another meeting, Kharrazi and his Brazilian counterpart Celso Amorim surveyed the trend of bilateral economic cooperation.
Brazil's foreign minister expressed his country's readiness to expand bilateral relations with Iran.
Kharrazi also met with foreign ministries of Bahrain, Oman and Indonesia, and discussed issues of mutual interest.

Pervez Musharraf

TEHRAN, Sept. 25--Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf warned Israel against carrying out any strike on Iran's nuclear plants.
General Musharraf told the London-based daily Al-Hayat that such an attack will be a cause of concern for other countries as well, ISNA reported.
"Iranian officials should be concerned about the negative consequences of Israel's air strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. Iran should consider this issue seriously and stop uranium enrichment. This issue not only involves Iran, but also affects the entire international community," he said.
Commenting on Israel's possible air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, Musharraf said Israel is not a global police to take the liberty of launching strikes on Iran.
"Israel has breached the international laws itself. Pakistan is strongly opposed to Israel's strikes on Iran," he added.
Iranian military officials have threatened to strongly confront any foreign attack on the country's territory.

TEHRAN, Sept. 25--Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Hasan Rohani arrives in South Africa today for an official visit.
According to IRNA, Rohani is to discuss a range of issues, including bilateral relations and Middle East crises as well as Iran's peaceful nuclear program and South Africa's stance on the sensitive issue within the Non-Aligned Movement, with South African officials.
On the eve of his visit to South Africa, Rohani and South African Ambassador to Tehran Yusuf Saloojee discussed issues of mutual concern in Tehran.
According to a report released by SNSC Public Relations Office, Rohani referred to the common objectives of Iran and the NAM member-states in connection with nuclear issues and urged the need to focus on peaceful nuclear activities as well as close cooperation with the nuclear watchdog.
The SNSC secretary explained that this is the main reason for Iran signing the additional protocol to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. He announced Iran's readiness to further cooperate in abiding by the international nuclear treaties, provided that its legal rights to access peaceful nuclear technology are fully respected.
On the significance of Iran-Africa ties in political, economic and cultural fields, he said South Africa is a pivotal gate to more extensive relations with the African continent.
For his part, Saloojee pointed to Iran's strategic position in the Middle East and stressed the significance of mutual relations to his country. He referred to the opportunities lost for strengthening mutual ties, which were established 10 years ago. He underlined the crucial role Rohani's visit to the country can play in compensating it.

TEHRAN, Sept. 25--German officials visited Thursday the office of the Persian daily Iran-e Sepid, Iran's only publication for the blind.
Head of Wertzberger Rehabilitation Center's Assessment Department Manfred Gerlinger and the head of the center's Education Department, Petra Bada, explained that their center renders labor training and education services to the visually impaired.
Iran-e Sepid's editor, Soheil Moini, briefed the guests on the activities of the paper, which is affiliated to Iran Cultural and Press Institute.
He said it is one of the only two publications printed for the blind in the world.
"Even in a country like Germany, the blind can access news summary published in widely-circulated papers only via the net," he said.
According to Moini, the paper links this strata with the government.
"We do our utmost to inform the officials of their needs," he said.
Moini noted that the paper played a major role in getting Iran's first law on supporting people with physical and mental disabilities endorsed.

TEHRAN, Sept. 25--Managing director of the conservative Persian daily Resalat appeared here Saturday at the Prosecutor's Office in Charge of Investigating Government Employees' Offences.
According to ILNA, Morteza Nabavi was summoned over a complaint filed by managing director of the Persian daily Iran, Abdorrassoul Vessal.
The complaint pertains to an article published by Resalat which accused the daily Iran of acting as the mouthpiece of the "rumormongers' camp".
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MOSCOW, Sept. 25--Strengthening cooperation among Non-Aligned Movement member-states would help break the monopolies in news dissemination and promote the free flow of news, Islamic Republic News Agency's chief said in a message to the World News Agencies Congress Friday.
The message of Abdollah Nasseri, who is also the current head of NAM's NANAP news pool, was read by one of his consultants Alireza Mojab, IRNA reported.
Nasseri stressed NANAP's significance in accurate news dissemination at the global level, particularly in Asia and the Third World.
Nasseri thanked Russia's Itar-Tass news agency for hosting the congress, which officially kicked off Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin's message.
"NANAP is proud today to have 100 member news agencies from the NAM countries," he said.
Referring to NANAP's 6th General Assembly in Tehran in 1992, when its chairmanship was held by IRNA, Nasseri said, "IRNA's first step as the head of NANAP was drafting a three-year comprehensive work plan in three one-year phases."
He also referred to the establishment of a National Secretariat Office for NANAP in Tehran, commissioned to monitor the news pool's performance and pursue the process of materializing its objectives.
"IRNA's planning for NANAP throughout its 13-year presidency was aimed at paying due attention to organizing on-job-training (OJT) and expert level courses for the staff of member states' news agencies," he said.
Nasseri encouraged NANAP member-states, particularly Malaysia's Bernama News Agency, to accept the rotating presidency of the prestigious news pool.
More than 115 news agencies from 99 countries participated in World News Agencies Conference, titled "Information: 21st Centuries' Challenges".
Issues on the congress agenda include up-to-date news dissemination methods, copyright, professional relations among world news agencies, and the news agencies' general and special audiences.

Ali Shakouri-Rad

TEHRAN, Sept. 25--Presence of military personnel in executive, urban management and political fields always paves the way for illegitimate power-wielding in the country, a member of the reformist Islamic Iran Participation Front said Saturday.
Ali Shakouri-Rad also told ILNA that factionalism should be avoided in key posts due to its nature.
"A military man should only defend the borders and do the military work. A judge should defend the people with his legal power. Others also have their own specified duties," he noted.
Shakouri-Rad pointed out that certain people are not flexible toward criticisms.
"They consider any opposition as opposition toward the entire ruling system. For example, military commanders cannot tolerate criticisms. This is while political and urban managers are constantly exposed to questions and criticisms," he said.