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).

The cooperation between Iran and Pakistan will leave no safe heaven or hideout for bandits, a senior Iranian police commander said, underlining Iran and Pakistan’s decisiveness to enhance coordination and cooperation in fighting drug trafficking and bandits.