31.   Although the Taliban closed the Iranian Embassy in Kabul last year, Iranian diplomats continued working in opposition-held areas like Mazar-e-Sharif.

32.   Also Sunday, five Iranian diplomats began cleaning up their gutted consulate in nearby Herat, hoping later this week to reopen.

33.   An Iranian diplomat was killed in the eastern Punjab city of Multan and two Iranian brothers were shot outside their shop in Karachi.

34.   An Iranian diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said his government was not interested in attending the gathering.

35.   An Iranian diplomat who allegedly tried to buy missile technology was expelled in November.

36.   An Iranian diplomat was killed in those attacks.

37.   Ankara recalled the four Turkish diplomats, denying they were involved in espionage, and expelled four Iranian diplomats.

38.   Ankara withdrew the officials and expelled a similar number of Iranian diplomats.

39.   And in Sarajevo, an Iranian diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity denied a New York Times report that some Bosnian soldiers were being trained in Iran.

40.   An Iranian delegation is pressing Iraq for information on thousands of Iranian prisoners of war Tehran claims are still held in Iraq, an Iranian diplomat said Friday.