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EU Sets Out July 1 Deadline in Brexit Delay Plans

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - The EU would terminate Britain’s membership of the bloc on July 1, if the country has not taken part in European Parliament elections, according to leaked documents outlining conditions for a delay to Brexit.
News ID: 76229    Publish Date : 2019/03/16

Trump Denies White Extremism Rising Threat Despite New Zealand Terror Attacks

TEHRAN ( defapress )- US President Donald Trump stated that he doesn’t view white extremism as a rising threat around the world, despite the killing of 49 people at two New Zealand mosques by a white nationalist, attacks that many blamed on the demonization of Muslims by the Trump administration.
News ID: 76227    Publish Date : 2019/03/16

Erdogan Hits Back at Netanyahu's Son over 'Occupation' Claims

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hit back at the son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Yair, for claiming that the city of Istanbul is under "Turkish occupation".
News ID: 76226    Publish Date : 2019/03/16

Leader receives members of Assembly of Experts

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received members of Assembly of Experts on Thursday.
News ID: 76223    Publish Date : 2019/03/16

Christchurch terror attack reveals ‘hypocrite’ face of West

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran’s Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani condemned the Friday terrorist attack in New Zealand, criticizing the western countries for their hypocrisy.
News ID: 76222    Publish Date : 2019/03/16

Bodies of 115 Iranian Martyrs Repatriated from Iraq

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Remains of 115 Iranian troops unearthed more than 30 years after the end of the Iraqi imposed war on Iran in the 1980s were repatriated from the Arab country via a southwestern border crossing.
News ID: 76221    Publish Date : 2019/03/16

IRGC seizes 1 million liters of smuggled diesel in South Iran

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy have seized more than one million liters of diesel in coasts of Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, before being smuggled.
News ID: 76220    Publish Date : 2019/03/16

Maduro Creates Military Unit to Protect Public Service Installations

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro created a military unit on Friday charged with protecting basic installations and services such as electricity and water, just over a week after the country was hit with a massive blackout.
News ID: 76219    Publish Date : 2019/03/16

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern Urged to Act Quickly to Ban Semi-Automatic Weapons

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - Gun control experts have urged New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern to act swiftly to enact stricter firearms laws in the wake of the Christchurch terror attack to prevent the pro-gun lobby from being able to weaken the reforms.
News ID: 76218    Publish Date : 2019/03/16

Parl. speaker:

Peace impossible without uprooting terrorism ideology

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said true peace will not be established in any part of the world unless the ideological roots of terrorism are eradicated.
News ID: 76217    Publish Date : 2019/03/16

UN Security Council Condemns Terrorist Attacks in New Zealand

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - The United Nations Security Council on Friday condemned "in the strongest terms" the terrorist attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, which killed 49 people.
News ID: 76216    Publish Date : 2019/03/16

Pompeo Rebukes Senators for Calls to End US Support for Saudi War on Yemen

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rebuked the senators who oppose Washington's involvement in Saudi-led war on Yemen that has so far claimed the lives of thousands of civilians.
News ID: 76215    Publish Date : 2019/03/16

Iran FM Calls on OIC to Hold Emergency Meeting after NZ Attacks

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif strongly condemned a Friday terrorist attack on Muslim worshippers in New Zealand, calling on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to hold an emergency session on the carnage.
News ID: 76214    Publish Date : 2019/03/16

Iranian President Raps New Zealand Mosque Attack

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani condemned the “barbaric” attack on two mosques in New Zealand that killed scores of people, saying the incident highlighted the need for concerted action against terrorism and the Islamophobia prevailing in the West.
News ID: 76213    Publish Date : 2019/03/16

Iran’s FM Denounces West for Promoting Islamophobia

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – The Iranian foreign minister censured western states for promoting bigotry against Islam, noting that while Iranians were "deeply shocked and saddened", they were not surprised by the Friday massacre of Muslim people in New Zealand.
News ID: 76212    Publish Date : 2019/03/16

Turkey Urges Saudi Arabia to Name Suspects on Trial for Khashoggi's Murder

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Saudi Arabia must name the defendants on trial for murdering journalist Jamal Khashoggi and disclose all the charges against them, Turkey's Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun said in a statement on Thursday.
News ID: 76211    Publish Date : 2019/03/15

Russian Security Services:

Daesh Picked Northern Afghanistan as New Centre of Caliphate

TEHRAN ( defapress )- The Daesh terror group has picked Northern Afghanistan as the new centre of its so-called caliphate, first deputy director of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), General Sergei Smirnov, told reporters on Friday following a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure (SCO RATS) council.
News ID: 76210    Publish Date : 2019/03/15

France Steps Up Security near Religious Sites after New Zealand Attacks

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - French authorities have stepped up security measures near religious sites after deadly attacks against two mosques in New Zealand left 49 people dead, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said on Friday.
News ID: 76209    Publish Date : 2019/03/15

Moscow Believes Western Sabotage Caused Venezuelan Blackout

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - Moscow believes that an act of Western sabotage was the reason behind the recent large-scale power outage in Venezuela, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Friday.
News ID: 76208    Publish Date : 2019/03/15

Pope Voices Solidarity with Muslims after New Zealand Attacks

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - Pope Francis assured "all New Zealanders, and in particular the Muslim community, of his heartfelt solidarity," after Friday´s attacks on two mosques which left 49 people dead.
News ID: 76207    Publish Date : 2019/03/15

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