WASHINGTON — A bipartisan panel of Washington insiders has presented US and Iraqi political leaders a formidable challenge in dealing with the chaos in Iraq, but whether they can meet it is a major question.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met the outgoing Bahraini Ambassador to Tehran here on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran’s nuclear progress and technology will reach a point before the end of this (Iranian) year that it could not be backtracked.