TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian parliament said that a group of the country’s lawmakers had attended talks with their US counterparts on the sidelines of a recent meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Former Iranian President Seyed Mohammad Khatami has decided against making a third run for the office and instead will endorse another reform candidate, sources say.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Taliban insurgents pulled some 50 passengers off a bus in southern Afghanistan and beheaded as many as 30 of them after accusing them of being soldiers traveling in civilian clothes, Afghan officials in the region announced on Sunday.