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Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi announced that Tehran and the European Union have held good discussions on nuclear cooperation and are now able to launch joint venture at Fordo uranium enrichment plant in Central Iran.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 21 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
In a joint press conference with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday, European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said that Iran’s missile tests have not breached the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on the signatories to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the US in particular, to honor their commitments in a way that Iranian people would feel the palpable results of coming into force of the nuclear accord.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a military parade on Sunday highlighted the necessity for paying equal attention to both diplomacy and Armed Forces in national doctrine, saying that the country needs both of them at the same time.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani will travel to Russia to attend a meeting of parliament speakers of the Eurasian states, Iran’s ambassador to Moscow announced.
The EU Chief Federica Mogherini and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reiterated their intention to develop a broad and comprehensive agenda for bilateral cooperation in a statement issued on Saturday.
Turkish Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu in meeting with Hassan Rouhani emphasized Turkey's serious intention to develop cooperation with Iran saying that Ankara supports cooperation with Iranian banks with no restriction.
Iran and the European Union have underscored their determination to promote their bilateral relations in various areas, particularly economy, as well as cooperation on other issues of international importance.
During the eight-year war imposed on Iran by the currently-overthrown Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, cities and residential areas, hospitals and schools across Iran, including...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani referred to the reinforcement of ties with all countries, particularly neighbors, as the principled policy of his administration, and stressed that Tehran looks for the restoration of peace and security to all regional states.
Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan plans to visit Russia to discuss further military cooperation between the two countries and attend a security conference, the Iranian Embassy in Moscow says.
In protest to 4 anti-Iranian articles in the final statement of the 13th summit of OIC in Istanbul, President Rouhani, FM Zarif and accompanying delegation did not attend the closing meeting.
The Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance said, “The Government of Hassan Rouhani has tried to apply open-door legal policies to these fields, which prevent unnecessary objections.”
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 23 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Iran has slammed Saudi Arabia’s "destructive" move to include statements against the Islamic Republic and Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement in the draft declaration of the 13th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran has always seriously pursued the fight against terrorism and it has given assistance to other countries in this regard.
Commander of the Iranian Army's Ground Forces Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan says four military advisers recently "martyred" in Syria had helped kill as many as 200 terrorists.
Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France, and Germany) implemented a nuclear deal on July 16, 2016 which they had finalized back in July 2015. Based on the deal, all nuclear-related anti-Iran sanctions were terminated in exchange for certain limits on the country’s nuclear energy program.
The deal had its opponents and proponents both in Iran and in certain countries that were a party to the deal, particularly in the US. Here in Iran, the nuclear deal (known as the JCPOA) needed to be approved by the lawmakers in Iran’s parliament (Majlis); however, there were parliamentarians strictly opposed to the deal, describing it as treason.
