TEHRAN (Basirat) : Riyadh has doubled the price of cigarettes in Saudi Arabia as part of tax measures aimed at helping the cash-strapped kingdom.

TEHRAN (Basirat) : Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani blasted the US Senate for plans to study imposition of new sanctions against Tehran over its missile program, and underlined the legislative body's full support for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps and the IRGC Quds Force.