TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – In separate meetings on Tuesday the new ambassadors of Ireland and North Korea submitted their credentials to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry has appointed new ambassadors to foreign countries including Bahrain, Poland, Chile and Slovenia.

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – MP Vali Ismaeli announced on Tuesday that MPs have abandoned their bid to impeach Commerce Minister Mehdi Ghazanfari.

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has stated that trust between the people and the government is essential for the future of the country.

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has contributed a sum of $50,000 to people affected by huge floods in Pakistan.

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has dismissed the Israeli threats of a military assault on the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

SINGAPORE, Aug. 17 (MNA) -- Iran basketball 3-on-3 team suffered its second defeat in the Youth Olympic Games here on Tuesday.

TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) -- Iran sealed the championship of the 6th International Horseback Archery Competition on Tuesday.

SINGAPORE, Aug. 17 (MNA) -- Mehran Sheikhi claimed a silver medal in the Men’s freestyle wrestling of Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) on Tuesday.

BUSHEHR, Aug. 17 (MNA) – An F4 fighter jet crashed five kilometers away from the city of Bushehr in southern Iran. The pilot and the co-pilot escaped unharmed.