TEHRAN – Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO) and Afghanistan’s Ministry of Commerce and Industries signed an industrial memorandum in Mashhad, southeastern Iran, on Sunday.

KABUL (AFP) – Three Afghan civilians were killed in crossfire between Taliban and soldiers in Afghanistan that also left several rebels dead, while two police died trying to defuse a large bomb Sunday, officials said.

Iran on Sunday dismissed a recent approval by the US House of Representatives to blacklist the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group, and said that the word terrorist is a proper title for the military and security forces of the United States.