1.   When an Iranian consul in Turkey differed with the general, he was immediately expelled from the country.

2.   Meanwhile, the Iranian consul in Herat, Mohammad Alavizadeh, said Iranian diplomats were back in the city and preparations were under way to reopen the consulate soon.

3.   Iran on Saturday expelled the Turkish ambassador in Tehran and another diplomat after Ankara said it was expelling an Iranian consul after he strongly criticised Turkish military officials.

4.   Iran on Saturday ordered out the Turkish ambassador in Tehran and another diplomat after Ankara said it was expelling an Iranian consul after he strongly criticisd Turkish military officials.

5.   Iran on Saturday ordered out the Turkish ambassador in Tehran and another diplomat after Ankara said it was expelling an Iranian consul after he strongly criticised Turkish military officials.

6.   The announcement came one day before gunmen raided the Iranian cultural center in Multan, killing Iranian consul and center director Mohammad Ali Rahimi and six Pakistani employees.

7.   The foreign ministry said that Said Zare, the Iranian consul in the eastern city of Erzurum, was given two days to get out of Turkey.