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Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi says the Islamic Republic reserves the right to target any other country – including the friendly state of Iraq – if they are used for conspiracy and attack against Iran.

Chairman of Iran's Science and Technology University Jabbar Ali Zakeri says the university will take in PhD students in satellite engineering studies in the new academic year.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza is visiting Tehran at the head of a high-ranking delegation.

Iran is going to launch two homegrown satellites, Zafar-1 and -2, into orbit, Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has announced.

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Sunday, January 20, 2020, and picked headlines from 9 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.

An Iranian deputy foreign minister has highlighted the strategic consequences of the American assassination of top Iranian commander Lt. General Qassem Soleimani, saying the tragic event has opened a new chapter in the history of the region.

Iran Minister of Sport and Youth Masoud Soltanifar says the Asian Football Confederation’s decision to ban Iran from hosting football matches has been made under the influence of anti-Iran media, and that the Iranian government guarantees the security of football teams visiting Iran.

A top Iranian security official says Tehran has been probing into hacking or cyber-attacks as possible factors surrounding the January 8 crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran.

The Chief of Iran Trade Development Organization Hamid Zadboum says Iran’s exports to Eurasian countries have increased by 75 percent in value between March and November 2019. 

Iran Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has warned that in case Europe “unjustly” resorts to triggering the dispute settlement mechanism Iran will make a serious decision with regard to its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.