Proposed by foreign minister and approved by the president, Ibrahim Rahimpour was appointed as Iran’s ambassador to Ireland.

Following the arrest of an Iranian business official and lack of efforts to release him within the specified deadline, all economic and trade relations with the Iraqi Kurdistan have been cut, an Iranian official in the border province of Kermanshah said.

Commander of the Iranian army underlined his country’s military might, and said his troops will show Iran’s power in practice whenever and wherever necessary.