Tehran  - Four Iranian convicts were executed on Monday in Zahedan, the capital of the south-eastern Sistan-Baluchistan province, official news agency IRNA reported.

One of the four was part of the gang that kidnapped a Belgian couple in August 2007 in Sistan-Baluchistan. The gang had demanded the release from prison of the brother of its leader, Ismael Shahbakhsh, in exchange for the Belgians.

The Iranian authorities rejected the demand and arrested one of the kidnappers.

Tehran - Tehran on Saturday reacted with surprise over Morocco's decision to cut ties with Iran, ISNA news agency reported.

"This is indeed an odd and questionable move. But it is Morocco's decision, and we will in due time reply to that within a statement," Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told a news briefing.

Morocco announced on Friday that it is cutting diplomatic ties with Iran following a dispute over the sovereignty of the Gulf state of Bahrain.

Tehran  - Tehran would consider an invitation by the United States to attend a regional conference aimed at stabilizing Afghanistan, Iranian government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham said Saturday.

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that it was expected that Iran would be invited to a conference on Afghanistan scheduled for this month in a European capital.

The Iranian spokesman said that if the United States and the West needed Iran and conveyed an invitation, then Tehran would consider it for the sake of helping its neighbour.

Cairo  - Morocco announced on Friday that it is cutting diplomatic ties with Iran, following a dispute over the sovereignty of the Gulf state of Bahrain.

The move appears to be the culmination of a diplomatic row between Morocco and Iran over Tehran's alleged questioning of Bahrain`s independence.

The Moroccan Foreign Ministry said in a statement it made the decision effective as of Friday.

Cairo  - Morocco has announced that it is cutting diplomatic ties with Iran, following a dispute over the sovereignty of the Gulf state of Bahrain, Dubai based al-Arabiya satellite channel reported on Friday.

The move appears to be the culmination of a diplomatic row between Morocco and Iran over Tehran's alleged questioning of Bahrain's independence.

Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri, an adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in February appeared to question Bahrain's sovereignty, saying that the Gulf island nation had earlier been Iran's "14th province".

Tehran - Iran will send Interpol a list of over 100 Israeli "war-criminals," Fars news agency reported Friday.

Tehran general prosecutor Saaid Mortzavi said that "a list with more than 100 Zionist (Israeli) criminals involved in the massacre of the Palestinian people has been prepared and would gradually be sent to Interpol."

Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said during Friday prayers that the only appropriate sentence for the Israeli war criminals should be execution.