Tunisian envoy meets iranian FM

Tunisia's new envoy to Tehran and Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi discussed the latest developments in Tunisia after the January revolution in the Arab country.At the meeting, the Tunisian incoming ambassador to Iran submitted a copy of his credentials to Salehi, and briefed the Iranian foreign minister about the latest developments in his country. Salehi felicitated the Tunisian diplomat over the victory of the recent revolution in the Arab Muslim state, and said, "The people of Tunisia are pursuing the goals of their revolution wisely." "The Tunisian revolution left vast and profound effects on the regional countries and influenced the start of the wave of popular uprisings and revolutions, and this indicates the depth of the culture of Tunisia and its people," the Iranian foreign minister continued. Since the beginning of 2011, the Muslim world has witnessed popular uprisings and revolutions similar to what happened in Iran in 1979. Tunisia saw the overthrow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in a popular revolution in January, which was soon followed by a revolution which toppled Hosni Mubarak in Egypt in February. Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Yemen have since been the scene of protests against their totalitarian rulers, who have resorted to brutal crackdown on demonstrations to silence their critics. Bahrain and Yemen, however, have experienced the deadliest clashes. In Bahrain the military intervention of the Saudi-led forces from the neighboring Arab states has further fueled the crisis in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.