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Ex-Tehran Mayor Sentenced to Death for Killing Wife 31 Jul 2019

Ex-Tehran Mayor Sentenced to Death for Killing Wife

TEHRAN - Mohammad Ali Najafi, a senior reformist politician, has been sentenced to death for murdering his wife, Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman Gholam-Hossein Esmaeili announced on Tuesday.

Tehran Determined to Expand All-Out Ties With Beijing 30 Jul 2019

Tehran Determined to Expand All-Out Ties With Beijing

TEHRAN – Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri says Iran is determined to expand its all-out relations with China, praising good relations between both states.

Iran’s Meeting With Parties to Nuclear Deal Constructive 29 Jul 2019

Iran’s Meeting With Parties to Nuclear Deal Constructive

VIENNA (Dispatches) - An emergency meeting with parties to Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with major powers was "constructive", Iranian official Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday, but said Tehran would continue to reduce its nuclear commitments if Europeans failed to salvage the pact.

Tehran, Muscat Discuss U.S. Economic Terrorism 28 Jul 2019

Tehran, Muscat Discuss U.S. Economic Terrorism

TEHRAN - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif received his Omani counterpart Yusuf bin Alawi at the headquarters of Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday.

Plots for Collapse of National Currency Defused 27 Jul 2019

Plots for Collapse of National Currency Defused

TEHRAN - The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says plots for a massive devaluation of Iran’s national currency have effectively failed as the rial keeps regaining some of its value despite growing economic pressure from the United States and a flare-up of tensions in the Persian Gulf over the past weeks.

Tehran Ready for Fair and Honest Negotiations 25 Jul 2019

Tehran Ready for Fair and Honest Negotiations

TEHRAN - President Hassan Rouhani says his administration is always ready for fair and honest negotiations, but not if sitting for talks means “surrender”.

Tehran, Baghdad Discuss Ways to Defuse Persian Gulf Tensions 24 Jul 2019

Tehran, Baghdad Discuss Ways to Defuse Persian Gulf Tensions

TEHRAN – In a meeting in Tehran, the top officials of the two neighboring states of Iran and Iraq discussed, among other topics, easing Persian Gulf tensions, which have spiked between Baghdad’s regional ally and the West in recent months.

Iran Serious on Palestinian Issue 23 Jul 2019

Iran Serious on Palestinian Issue

TEHRAN – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei expressed confidence that the oppressed people of Palestine will emerge victorious in the face of Israeli occupiers and said the Islamic Republic has no hesitation when it comes to supporting Palestine.

Iran Unveils New Medicines Despite Sanctions 22 Jul 2019

Iran Unveils New Medicines Despite Sanctions

TEHRAN- Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari says the country has specific plans to tackle sanctions, especially in the biotechnology sphere.

U.S. Source of Instability in Persian Gulf 21 Jul 2019

U.S. Source of Instability in Persian Gulf

TEHRAN - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has described the US as a source of instability, saying the U.S. presence across the world, particularly in the Persian Gulf, the Middle East, and the Latin America, is currently causing insecurity.