Banca BPM spokesman said the bank declined to comment on Crédit Agricole's cooperation proposal.

Iran foreign ministry spokesman Baghaei said on the 9th the U.S. 'Iron Gate' plan was concocted by U.S. military figures seeking to excuse their failures and is bound to fail. U.S. Central Command said on the 7th Commander Cooper ordered formation of an 'Iron Gate' task force to work with other U.S. agencies to prevent Iran using land routes to move advanced weapons and other materiel across borders; the unit comprises about 20 civilian and military personnel headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

以色列正直黨領導人埃森科特：以色列承受不起拖延，也無法再回到又一輪無休止的選舉。