Comorian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ben Sa’id Jaffar said that his visit to Tehran is aimed at deepening of cooperation, adding that he is conveying a message from his president to the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that his country is scheduled to construct oil reserve tanks in Comoros in order to have ready stockpiles for customers.

The Taliban have yet to decide the fate of Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo, Taliban spokesman Kari Mohammad Yousif Ahmadi said Thursday. Ahmadi told DPA they captured the reporter for La Repubblica newspaper and his two Afghan assistants in Helmand province Monday because Mastrogiacomo is a spy for British troops. ‘The …