A Northern Ireland adventurer who followed the longest river in Iran from source to sea has said it was like dicing with death.

Two bombs exploded today in separate towns in Khuzestan, a south-western province known for unrest among its Arab population.

US AND British forces yesterday tightened their grip on Iraq’s southern oil region and began assessing how to restart exports from fields holding more than half the country’s oil wealth.

Two American missiles struck a village in south-west Iran early today, according to a report by the country’s Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).