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White Helmets, Tahrir Al-Sham Terrorists Preparing for False Flag Chemical Attacks in Idlib

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Tahrir al-Sham al-Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) terrorists in cooperation with White Helmets and European experts have dispatched new shipment of chemical substances to Idlib in line with preparations for launching a false flag chemical attack in a bid to accuse the Syrian Army, media sources reported.
News ID: 76271    Publish Date : 2019/03/18

UN Rights Expert:

Israel Depriving Palestinians of Clean Water

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Israel is depriving millions of Palestinians of access to a regular supply of clean water while stripping their land of minerals “in an apparent act of pillage”, a United Nations human rights investigator said on Monday.
News ID: 76270    Publish Date : 2019/03/18

Tehran, Astana Eager to Expand Economic Ties

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, in a meeting with Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to Tehran Askhat Orazbay, called for expansion of economic and trade ties between the two sides.
News ID: 76269    Publish Date : 2019/03/18

Iran’s economy minister arrives in Beijing for joint commission

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Farhad Dejpasand arrived in China’s capital Beijing on Monday to attend a two-day joint economic commission with Chinese officials.
News ID: 76267    Publish Date : 2019/03/18

China’s Xi to Visit Italy, France as Rome Joins ‘New Silk Road’

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Italy, Monaco and France this week, the foreign ministry said Monday, with Rome expected to join his global trade infrastructure program despite reservations in other European countries.
News ID: 76266    Publish Date : 2019/03/18

PM:

New Gun Laws to Make New Zealand Safer after Mosque Shootings

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday she would announce new gun laws within days, after a lone gunman killed 50 people in mass shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch.
News ID: 76265    Publish Date : 2019/03/18

US Planning to Keep 1,000 Troops in Syria despite Trump’s Withdrawal Call

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – The US military is readying plans to keep 1,000 American forces in Syria, a development that comes three months after President Donald Trump announced he wanted a full withdrawal, according to a report.
News ID: 76264    Publish Date : 2019/03/18

Iran Starts Fully Tapping Into 4 New Phases of South Pars Gas Field

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Iran's President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated 4 new phases of the huge offshore South Pars gas field in defiance of Washington’s harsh policies aimed at crippling Tehran’s economy.
News ID: 76263    Publish Date : 2019/03/18

Iran Summons Kenyan Envoy to Tehran

TEHRAN ( defapress )- The Foreign Ministry summoned Kenya's Ambassador to Tehran Rukia Ahmed Subow to deliver Iran’s protest against non-judicial intervention in the court process of two of its nationals who are held in detention in the African country.
News ID: 76262    Publish Date : 2019/03/18

Islamic Jihad Leader:

Palestine to Be Liberated via Resistance

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – A Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader hailed a recent anti-Israeli operation in the city of Salfit in central West Bank and said Palestine’s occupied territories can be freed only through resistance.
News ID: 76261    Publish Date : 2019/03/18

Yemeni Commander:

Over 40 Saudi, Sundanese Killed in Jizan, Najran

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – At least 40 Saudi and Sudanese soldiers were killed in two retaliatory operations carried out by Yemen troops in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region, the spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces said.
News ID: 76260    Publish Date : 2019/03/18

Rouhani:

US assumes can return to Iran by intensifying pressure

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – President Hassan Rouhani said Mon. that the United States wrongly assumes that by imposing the most severe sanctions on Iran, it can return to the country and take control of the Iranian people.
News ID: 76259    Publish Date : 2019/03/18

FM Zarif:

Expediency Council’s decision on FATF to surely consider Iran’s interests

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Mon. that the Expediency Council’s final verdict on accession to the two FATF-related conventions will be surely based on the country’s national interests.
News ID: 76258    Publish Date : 2019/03/18

Iran’s Top General:

No Place for Uninvited Forces in Syria

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri insisted that the foreign forces stationed in Syria without coordination with the Damascus government should leave the Arab country.
News ID: 76257    Publish Date : 2019/03/18

Yemeni Cmdr. Warns against Attempts by Saudi-Led Coalition to Break Hudaydah Deal

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree warned that the Arab country’s forces stand ready to strike Riyadh and Abu Dhabi if Saudi- and Emirati-led forces attempt to breach a UN peace deal in the western port city of Hudaydah.
News ID: 76256    Publish Date : 2019/03/18

vice president:

Maduro asks Venezuelan government to resign

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has asked the country’s cabinet members to resign so that the government can be reorganized, Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez wrote on Twitter.
News ID: 76255    Publish Date : 2019/03/18

Rezaei:

Majority of Expediency Council members against joining FATF

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Expediency Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei says the majority of the Council’s members are against joining the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) under the current economic sanctions.
News ID: 76254    Publish Date : 2019/03/18

Rouhani calls on judiciary to sue US for crime against humanity

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani described US sanctions as ‘crime against humanity’ and called on the Judiciary Branch of the country to take legal action against US officials for imposing medicine and food sanctions against the Iranian nation.
News ID: 76253    Publish Date : 2019/03/18

Several More Civilians Killed in US Airstrikes on Refugee Camp in Eastern Syria

TEHRAN ( defapress )- More civilians, including women and children, were killed in the airstrikes by the US-led coalition warplanes on Eastern Deir Ezzur, sources said.
News ID: 76252    Publish Date : 2019/03/17

Erdogan Says New Zealand Suspect Targeted Turkey

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan showed video footage at an election rally on Saturday from an attack on two New Zealand mosques which killed 49 people and said the suspected gunman had made threats against Turkish Muslims.
News ID: 76250    Publish Date : 2019/03/17

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