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Iran soon to release detained UK-flagged tanker: FM spox 16 Sep 2019

Iran soon to release detained UK-flagged tanker: FM spox

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said that the UK-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was detained by Iran for violating international maritime rules, will soon be released.

Rouhani, Erdogan meet in Ankara ahead of trilateral summit 16 Sep 2019

Rouhani, Erdogan meet in Ankara ahead of trilateral summit

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan met and held talks in Ankara on Monday ahead of the Iran-Russia-Turkey trilateral summit on Syria.

Iran rejects any chance of Rouhani-Trump meeting as UNGA looms 16 Sep 2019

Iran rejects any chance of Rouhani-Trump meeting as UNGA looms

Iran has once again rejected any possibility of a meeting between presidents Rouhani and Trump in New York as world leaders prepare to take part at the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA) meeting.

Zarif to accompany Rouhani on New York trip if all goes well: FM spox 16 Sep 2019

Zarif to accompany Rouhani on New York trip if all goes well: FM spox

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will accompany President Hassan Rouhani on his upcoming visit to New York if the necessary grounds are provided, says the Foreign Ministry spokesman.

Iran, Russia discuss nuclear coop. in Vienna 16 Sep 2019

Iran, Russia discuss nuclear coop. in Vienna

Nuclear chiefs of Iran and Russia, Ali Akbar Salehi and Alexey Likhachev, exchanged views on expanding atomic cooperation between the two countries on Sunday night.

Kadkhodaei: Seizure of Iran’s assets in Canada is an example of ‘economic terrorism’ 16 Sep 2019

Kadkhodaei: Seizure of Iran’s assets in Canada is an example of ‘economic terrorism’

Abbasali Kadkhodaei, the spokesman for the Guardian Council, has described the recent move by Canada to sell $30 million worth of Iranian assets as a blatant example of “state-run economic terrorism.”

A way forward for Iran 16 Sep 2019
By John L. Chapman

A way forward for Iran

In a recent series of interviews from Tehran that included a detailed conversation with Iran’s world-beating Foreign Minister and JCPOA architect Javad Zarif, NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt had his most telling moment with Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi, the Rouhani government’s 37-year old Minister of Information and Communications Technology (Minister Jahromi is the first Iranian government executive born after the 1979 Revolution). While discussing his belief in the power of social media and his own prolific use of Twitter, the millennial Mr. Jahromi admitted to Holt that the Tehran government was not as effective with modern communications or messaging as it needed to be in the interconnected 24/7 world, due to needless restrictions on the new-era social apps.

Reformists won’t boycott upcoming parliamentary elections: MP 16 Sep 2019

Reformists won’t boycott upcoming parliamentary elections: MP

MP Mostafa Kavakebian has said reformists would not boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections even if they see that their chances of victory is low.

When Tel Aviv crosses the red lines 16 Sep 2019

When Tel Aviv crosses the red lines

A review of Zionist regime’s recent actions and its military aggression against the Axis of Resistance in the region shows that these attacks and aggressions have been intensified over the recent days against Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Palestine, indicating that the Zionist regime and its allies such as U.S. have crossed the red lines.

Blaming Iran won’t end disaster, says Zarif to Pompeo 15 Sep 2019

Blaming Iran won’t end disaster, says Zarif to Pompeo

"Blaming Iran won't end disaster," said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in reaction to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's accusing of Iran of having been behind the Yemeni drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities.