Constructive and rich interaction with other world civilizations has been the secret to the success of Iranians’ cultural identity, Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said.

Leaders of the member states of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) will hold their ninth consultative summit in Riyadh mid- May.

The four years since US President Bush declared “Mission Accomplished” have been a legacy of missed opportunities, ineffectual plans, surges and course corrections that have always been too little, too late or both, critics say.