71.   The outgoing secretary-general, who began his Gulf tour Thursday, arrived in the Iranian capital from Saudi Arabia.

72.   The plane was flying over the Iranian capital during a military parade to mark Army Day.

73.   The sides also agreed to open regular flights from Bishkek to the Iranian capital of Tehran and the northern Iranian city of Meshkhed by the end of the year.

74.   The two-day conference opened in the Iranian capital amid growing anger in the Arab world against Israel over escalating violence in the Middle East.

75.   Thousands of people braved freezing temperatures in the Iranian capital Wednesday to watch the execution of a man who had killed a member of a hard-line militia.

76.   Thick smog shrouded the Iranian capital Sunday, forcing cancellation of flights and radio stations to call for people to stay indoors.

77.   Three Italians freed by their abductors were on their way to the Iranian capital Monday, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

78.   Three people were wounded in an explosion that destroyed three homes on the outskirts of the Iranian capital of Tehran, state-run radio reported.

79.   Zanganeh was speaking at the opening of a three-day petrochemical conference in the Iranian capital, Tehran, IRNA said.

80.   He would later meet Karzai before leaving late Friday for the Iranian capital Tehran.