President's senior advisor said that all the promises made by the ministry of oil during the cabinet's first provincial tour in Hormozgan Province have been fulfilled.

Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website Tehran, 7 October: Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad Ali Hoseyni said here Sunday [7 October] that Iran insists on its sovereignty over the three islands of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs.

Text of report by Iranian Baztab website on 26 June Tehran, 26 June: Three vessels from the United Arab Emirates, which had illegally entered Persian Gulf waters, were intercepted by the Islamic Republic Naval Guards some 17 miles away from Abu Musa Island, near Lengeh port.

By BILLY BRIGGS and MARTYN McLAUGHLIN IT is a tale of danger and deception which could form the plotline to one of her own novels. A Scots thriller writer was recovering yesterday after being captured by armed sailors and held hostage for 13 days.