MANAMA – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice received no firm commitments on debt relief for Iraq or greater Arab diplomatic representation in Baghdad after a meeting of Arab states on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has endured US sanctions for decades and its strategic oil industry will not be beaten by them now, a top Iranian oil official said on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has decided to introduce head of the Supreme Audit Court Mohammad Reza Rahimi as the country’s acting interior minister next week.