TEHRAN (FNA) Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki discussed recent crimes and brutalities of the Zionist regime in phone talks with secretary generals of the Untied Nations, Organization of the Islamic Conference and Arab League.

TEHRAN (FNA) Hamid Ameli, a renowned radio host and father of Iran’s storytelling, died of lung cancer at the age of 66 here on Sunday.

WASHINGTON — As the Bush administration struggles for a way to close the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a similar effort to scale down a larger and more secretive American detention center in Afghanistan has been troubled by political, legal and security problems, officials say.