President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad issued a decree on Saturday asking the Interior Ministry to implement a treaty recently singed between Iran and Kyrgyzstan on a joint fight against terrorism and organized crimes.

Persian Gulf Arab monarchies have agreed to an Iranian offer to launch talks on a possible free trade pact, the secretary general of their oil-rich bloc said on Saturday.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei Saturday appointed Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Jafari as the new head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).