An Iranian lawmaker viewed Hezbollah’s 33-day defense against Israeli invasion as among the most exceptional wars in recent decades, saying that Lebanese resistance brought the Untied States’ Greater Middle-East plan to mere failure.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov stressed development of the two countries’ relations in all the various areas and at all levels.

One of the two kidnapped Belgian tourists who were abducted by bandits on Bam road in southeastern Iran was released by the Iranian law enforcement police yesterday afternoon, an informed source said on Wednesday.