Traders in Tyre’s bustling market say UN peacekeepers have brought “baraka” and a dose of good fortune to south Lebanon, making up at least in part for the ravages of last year’s Israel-Lebanon war.

Iran and Kazakhstan signed four agreements on mutual cooperation in different fields and issued a joint communiqué here in Tehran on Monday.

Commander-in-chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s army Major General Salehi here on Monday stressed that his troops will give a crushing response to any kind of enemy aggression.