I ask all Iranian literati to help financially with the publication of a new version of the Shahnameh which I have compiled over the last 30 years, Professor Fereydoun Joneidi said.

Iranian health ministry voiced preparedness to help control cholera in Iraq.

 An Iranian soldier who was abducted by bandits in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan last July was freed by Iranian troops on Friday, an informed source said.