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Turkey Says to Produce S-500s with Russia after S-400 Missile Deal

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said Turkey and Russia would jointly produce S-500 defense systems after Ankara's controversial purchase of the S-400 missile defense system from Moscow.
News ID: 77464    Publish Date : 2019/05/19

MP:

EU can save JCPOA but doesn’t want to pay the price

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Chairman of Iranian Parliament’s Nuclear Committee said Europeans can save the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) following the US’ withdrawal, but they do not want to pay the price that the measures needed to preserve the agreement entail.
News ID: 77463    Publish Date : 2019/05/19

Syrian air defense fires at projectiles from Israeli-occupied territory

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – The report comes less than 24 hours after the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said that Syrian air defense systems shot down a number of "luminous objects" launched from occupied territories.
News ID: 77462    Publish Date : 2019/05/19

President:

Iran Never Surrenders to Bullies

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the country would never give in to pressures and the enemies’ language of force.
News ID: 77461    Publish Date : 2019/05/19

Saudi Arabia to convene Arab leaders in emergency summits

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has invited Persian Gulf and Arab leaders to convene emergency summits, according to the Kingdom’s foreign ministry.
News ID: 77460    Publish Date : 2019/05/19

Iran envoy, Iraqi pres. discuss regional developments

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi met with Iraqi President Barham Salih in Baghdad to discuss regional developments.
News ID: 77459    Publish Date : 2019/05/19

Iran:

US Tactic of Pressures Doomed to Failure

TEHRAN ( defapress )- The Iranian foreign ministry said the US pressures to make Tehran surrender are in vain, stressing the need for Washington to act upon undertakings based on the 2015 nuclear deal and resolution 2231.
News ID: 77458    Publish Date : 2019/05/18

Palestinian Says US Mideast Peace Plan A 'Surrender Act'

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Riyad al-Maliki, the foreign minister of the Palestinian Authority, called Washington's plan to end the Israel-Palestinian conflict an unacceptable 'surrender act'.
News ID: 77457    Publish Date : 2019/05/18

French Journalists Facing Jail for Exposing Govt. Lies about War on Yemen

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – French journalists are being threatened with jail time for reporting on leaked documents revealing the country’s complicity in the Saudi-led war on Yemen after they refused to answer questions from anti-terror police.
News ID: 77456    Publish Date : 2019/05/18

Trump Lifts Steel, Aluminum Tariffs on Canada, Mexico

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - US President Donald Trump on Friday announced a deal to lift US tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada and Mexico that had created friction between the neighbors and blocked a new North American free trade agreement.
News ID: 77455    Publish Date : 2019/05/18

Iran, Armenia eye deepening cultural ties

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Cultural Attaché of Armenian Embassy to the Islamic Republic of Iran Eduard Khachaturian said on Saturday that Tehran-Yerevan ties will be broadened upon organizing Armenia’s Cultural Week in Iran.
News ID: 77454    Publish Date : 2019/05/18

Chinese FM:

China defends Iran’s legitimate rights

TEHRAN ( defapress ) –China strongly opposes US unilateral sanctions and understands the conditions and concerns of the Iranian side and protects the legitimate rights of Iran, said China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
News ID: 77452    Publish Date : 2019/05/18

Houthi:

Saudi-Led Coalition Has Worst Criminal Record in World

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Leader of Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi condemned the Saudi-led coalition for recent air strikes on civilians in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a, saying the worst criminal record in the world belongs to the US-backed alliance.
News ID: 77451    Publish Date : 2019/05/18

Venezuela Willing to Begin Dialogue with US on Basis of Mutual Respect, FM Says

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - Caracas is willing to engage in dialogue with the US administration on the basis of mutual respect, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has said.
News ID: 77450    Publish Date : 2019/05/18

US Says ‘Sitting by Phone’, Awaiting Iran’s Call

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – A senior Trump administration official said there are no indications from the Iranians that they are willing to engage in talks with the US, adding that “we are sitting by the phone” and awaiting them.
News ID: 77449    Publish Date : 2019/05/18

Australians Go to Polls as Government Tries to Hold Off Strong Labor Challenge

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - Millions of Australians voted in a general election on Saturday in which the ruling conservative coalition campaigned on its record of economic management and a resurgent Labor opposition promised action on climate change and tax reform.
News ID: 77448    Publish Date : 2019/05/18

Commander Stresses Boosting Iranian Army Units’ Preparedness

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran’s Army Commander Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi highlighted the country’s full readiness to counter foreign threats and said at the current situation, further boosting the Army units’ preparedness is “an inevitable necessity”.
News ID: 77447    Publish Date : 2019/05/18

Minister:

Afghan Students Welcome in Iran

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran’s minister of education dismissed any shift in the country’s position on Afghan students, saying his ministry keeps providing Afghan children residing in Iran with the opportunity to receive free education.
News ID: 77446    Publish Date : 2019/05/18

Iran’s UK envoy:

Iran wishes for no war but will stand up to US pressure

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Ambassador to London, Hamid Baeidinejad, told BBC that Iran wishes for no conflict with the United States, but the entire nation is ready to stand up to US pressure and sanctions.
News ID: 77445    Publish Date : 2019/05/18

Iran:

US must end its military presence in Syria

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Majid Takht-e Ravanchi urged Washington to withdraw forces from Syria.
News ID: 77444    Publish Date : 2019/05/18

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