The Middle-East peace conference has been designed to help Israel get rid of its present political isolation, Iran’s ambassador to Thailand Mohsen Pak Ayeen said, adding that the US neoconservatives are striving to hide their political failures by making such a move.

An earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Esfarayen in Iran’s northeastern province of Northern Khorassan on Friday.

Senegal’s Culture Minister Birame Diouf underlined his country’s enthusiasm for expanding cultural cooperation with Iran, specially in grounds of film production, movie screening and training Senegalese filmmakers.