Gunmen have killed at least 20 people in an ambush to the north-east of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, officials say.

The Iraqi parliament has passed a law which paves the way for provincial elections.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Former President Seyed Mohammad Khatami said he would run in the presidential elections in Iran next year if he is convinced that his candidacy has a dramatic effect on the ongoing trend of developments.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s resistance against bullying powers has given rise to new movements all around the world, Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said on Tuesday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) is searching for more documents to enable the country to win the court case against the University of Chicago on the matter of the Achaemenid tablets.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Garden of Inscriptions is to exhibit 5000-year-old petroglyphs in a bid to offer insight into the chronological evolution of script.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran criticized Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for insulting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in support of the Zionist regime.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez announced in a televised comment that 25 Iranian-built industrial units will go on stream in Venezuela in the near future.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian filmmaker Abbas Rafei’s Sun Shines on All Equally is set to be screened at Mostra of cinema and religion in Sao Paolo.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s initiative for settlement of the Caucasus dispute is centered on regional cooperation in energy, transportation, and security, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday.