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A big haul of birds of prey was seized in Hormozgan Province

The environmental police in southern Iran have stopped bird traffickers from smuggling falcons from Pakistan to Persian Gulf countries.

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 23

IFP has flipped through the front pages of the Iranian dailies on Thursday and picked headlines from 24 of them.

IMIDRO: Chinese firms willing to invest in Iran’s steel industry

The Head of the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) says Chinese investors are interested in putting their money into Iran's steel industry.

Boeing ends decades-long hiatus in business with Iran

The US aircraft-manufacturing giant Boeing has provided Iran's national flag carrier with a cargo of plane parts, bringing to an end a decades-long pause in doing business with Iran.

Tehran plays host to seasonal flower show

Beautiful images of a seasonal flower show in Tehran.

Unity, political requisite for region: Rafsanjani

Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has underscored the need for unity among Islamic countries under current circumstances in the Islamic world.

Supreme Leader Stresses Necessity for Cutting Reliance on Oil

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei asked Iranian officials and elites to cooperate with each other to cut the country's dependence on oil revenues

Peugeot has agreed to Iran’s conditions: Iran Khodro chief

Lots of factors are at paly to specify the extent of investment by either side in contracts of cooperation between Iranian and foreign carmakers.

Coalition should cut off financial aid for ISIL: Afkham

Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the US-led coalition purporting to fight the Takfiri ISIL terrorists should cut off the financial lifeline of the militants.

Entire Israel within range of Iran missiles: IRGC chief

The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the entire Israel is within the range of the Islamic Republic’s missiles.

Iran Khodro says it seeks to design a new car in partnership with a foreign firm

Iran Khodro, the leading Iranian carmaker, says it has entered talks with a German designer to set the stage for the production of a joint car in four years.

Crisis in region aimed at redrawing Mideast map: Nasrallah

Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah is of the conviction that the US uses ISIL as scarecrow to frighten, blackmail and exhaust regional countries to impose its hegemony.

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 22

IFP has flipped through the front pages of the Iranian dailies on Wednesday and picked headlines from 18 of them.

FM Blasts UAE Minister for Anti-Iran Remarks

Recent allegations by UAE top diplomat that Iran meddles in internal affairs of some regional countries came under fire by Iran’s Foreign Ministry.

EBEX 2014, invest show opens in Kish

The first Kish International Exchange, Bank, Insurance, Capital Market and Privatization Exhibition (EBEX 2014) and the 6th Exhibition on Investment Opportunities in Iran Opened in Kish Island.

Intelligence Minister: Several spies arrested in Bushehr

A number of spies, who were gathering information in Bushehr Province, have been captured by security forces.

Iran poster enters top list of World Food Day contest

A poster by a 10-year-old Iranian boy secured a berth on the finalists’ list of the 2014 World Food Day Poster Contest.

Iran’s Parliamentary Delegation Due in Moscow

A delegation of Iranian MPs is to leave Tehran for Moscow for a 5-day visit.

Indonesia hosts Iranian cultural programs in Jakarta

Iranian art works, traditional costumes, calligraphy and paintings are on display in an Iranian festival of culture and arts in Jakarta.

Iran categorically rejects Reuters compromise report

Iran debunks the report by Reuters that the Leader would be content with a partial lifting of sanctions.

Iran does not trust anti-ISIL coalition: Ayatollah Khamenei

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran has no trust in the sincerity of governments claiming to be fighting the ISIL Takfiri militants.

Cut financial aid to terrorists, Iran president tells West

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says those governments that have formed a coalition to fight terrorism should first cut off the financial lifeline of terrorist groups.

Senior cleric passes away in hospital

Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani, the chairman of the Assembly of Experts in a coma since early June, has passed away.

Leader extols deceased cleric for revolutionary track record

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has heaped praise on deceased senior cleric, Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani, who headed Iran’s Assembly of Experts for three years.

P5+1 political directors may meet in early November: Russia

Russia says the political directors of the P5+1 group will likely hold a consultative meeting on Iran’s nuclear energy program in early November.