Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to start a five-day tour of three nations on Tuesday, which will take him to Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Iranian Industries and Mines Minister Ali-Reza Tahmasbi said farewells to his deputies this morning and left the ministry for good, although his recent resignation request has not yet been approved by President Ahmadinejad, an informed source said.

The 6 Sadri ministers of the Nuri al-Maliki’s administration who left the cabinet in April are likely to take up their posts once again after they reached an agreement with the other side yesterday, an Iraqi Mp said here on Sunday.