U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN HAS REVIEWED, IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION, WITH IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMUD AHMADI-NEJAD, THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN LEBANON AND THE POSSIBLE MEANS OF CARRYING OUT CEASEFIRE. THE IRANIAN MEDIA REPORTED TODAY THAT THEY HAD UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF BRINGING ABOUT SECURITY, STABILITY AS WELL AS A LASTING AND JUST PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE ISRAELI FORCES FROM THE LEBANESE TERRITORIES. VOICING CONCERN ABOUT THE ISRAELI AGGRESSIONS ON THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, PRESIDENT AHMADI-NEJAD REITERATED IRAN'S READINESS TO ENHANCE THE PILLARS OF PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE REGION.