Within the last four days, Pakistan’s President General Pervez Musharraf has welcomed more than 600 Afghan and Pakistani tribal leaders in a joint peace meeting to find solutions for the problems of violence and instability in both side of the Pakistani-Afghan border.

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas plans to hold legislative and presidential elections within six months, PA officials in Ramallah said Sunday.

Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said here on Sunday that the US is secretly supporting certain terrorist groups in staging bomb blasts in Iraq.

Iranian nation and government are always ready for all types of threats, an Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) official said.

Head of the Palestinian Self-Rule Authority Mahmoud Abbas has appointed two senior Fatah officials to start informal talks with Hamas movement, an informed source said on Sunday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to start a five-day tour of three nations on Tuesday, which will take him to Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Iranian Industries and Mines Minister Ali-Reza Tahmasbi said farewells to his deputies this morning and left the ministry for good, although his recent resignation request has not yet been approved by President Ahmadinejad, an informed source said.

The 6 Sadri ministers of the Nuri al-Maliki’s administration who left the cabinet in April are likely to take up their posts once again after they reached an agreement with the other side yesterday, an Iraqi Mp said here on Sunday.

The Iranian movie ‘Those Three’ won the Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) Award in the 60th Locarno Film Festival.

A high-ranking political and trade delegation from the central province of Fars is scheduled to leave Iran on Wednesday on a tri-nation tour of Africa, Fars governor general said.