The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2007 was awarded to Doris Lessing, an English writer of Iranian origin.

Iran’s first Vice-President Parviz Davoudi extended his congratulations to Moudibo Sidibe and the Malian government and nation on his appointment as the country’s prime minister.

Iran’s caretaker Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari here Thursday assigned Ali Kordan as his acting deputy.