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Merkel Under Fire from Own Ranks Over German Coalition Deal

TEHRAN ( defapress )- German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced criticism from within the ranks of her own conservatives on Thursday for making concessions to her centre-left Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners to seal a governing alliance a day earlier.
News ID: 68554    Publish Date : 2018/02/08

Iranian, Russian, Turkish Presidents to Hold Trilateral Meeting in Istanbul

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Iranian, Russian and Turkish presidents are due to convene in Istanbul to discuss the latest regional developments, specially in Syria.
News ID: 68552    Publish Date : 2018/02/08

Ayatollah Khamenei:

US Worse Than Daesh

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei denounced the US for its fake concerns about human rights, saying one of the Islamic Republic’s main policies is to discredit the American government which is even worse than Daesh (ISIL) terrorists.
News ID: 68551    Publish Date : 2018/02/08

Damascus:

Israeli Attacks on Syria Aim at Supporting Terrorists, Prolonging Crisis

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Damascus stressed that the repeated Israeli attacks on Syria are a continuation of Israel’s aggressive approach represented by supporting terrorist groups to prolong the crisis in Syria and to raise the morale of the terrorists.
News ID: 68549    Publish Date : 2018/02/08

Russia:

Situation in Syria's Afrin Provoked by US Actions

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov said the situation in Syria's Afrin has been provoked by the actions of the United States among other things and may lead to further destabilization of the region.
News ID: 68548    Publish Date : 2018/02/08

Saudi Warplanes Continue to Bomb Areas across Yemen

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - Saudi warplanes carried out new airstrikes against several areas across Yemen, inflicting more human loss and material damage on the war-torn Arab country.
News ID: 68547    Publish Date : 2018/02/08

Official:

Surveys Show Enemy Failure to Misrepresent Iran Security

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – A senior Iranian official praised the country’s security bodies for helping the Islamic Republic weather major crises at the least cost, saying the high rate of satisfaction with security in opinion polls proves the enemy’s failure to raise fear over security in Iran.
News ID: 68546    Publish Date : 2018/02/08

Russia:

JCPOA Failure to Put Non-Proliferation System at Risk

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – The failure of the Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), would be fraught with negative consequences for the entire global non-proliferation system, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
News ID: 68545    Publish Date : 2018/02/08

Iran invites Bahrain to stop making baseless, clumsy claims

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian FM Spokesman Ghasemi has categorically dismissed as “baseless”, “delusional” and “clumsy” the recent anti-Iran claims raised by Bahrain’s Interior Ministry.
News ID: 68544    Publish Date : 2018/02/08

Araghchi:

EU needs to save N-deal in Tehran before Washington

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Deputy FM Araghchi in an interview with an Italian newspaper said European countries should first ensure the survival of the nuclear deal in Iran and then in US, because Iran has not made a wholesome gain from sanctions removal.
News ID: 68543    Publish Date : 2018/02/08

IRGC Cmdr.:

Syria to be released from terrorist groups soon

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said here on Wednesday that war-torn Syria will be released from terrorist groups very soon, adding, “recently, we were witnessing the complete failure of ISIL in Iraq as well.”
News ID: 68542    Publish Date : 2018/02/08

Interior Minister:

Iran Battling Enemy on Economic Front

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli warned of the enemy’s ongoing plots to undermine the country’s power and said the Islamic Republic is battling on the economic front.
News ID: 68538    Publish Date : 2018/02/07

Iranian Speaker Lauds Positive Results of Tehran-Moscow Regional Cooperation

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani underlined that cooperation between Tehran and Moscow, specially on regional issues and Syria, has yielded positive results.
News ID: 68537    Publish Date : 2018/02/07

DM Stresses Iran's Self-Sufficiency in Production of Weapons, Military Equipment

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami underlined that his country has gained self-sufficiency in producing different types of arms and military equipment to defend itself against any foreign aggression.
News ID: 68536    Publish Date : 2018/02/07

Lebanese Leaders Agree to Take Action Against Israel Threats

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Lebanese leaders agreed to take actions at the regional and international levels against Israel’s plans to construct a border wall and the regime’s threats against Lebanon’s offshore oil and gas exploration projects.
News ID: 68535    Publish Date : 2018/02/07

Palestine’s Ambassador:

No Arab State to Agree with US President's Jerusalem Decision

TEHRAN ( defapress )- Palestine’s Ambassador to Russia Abdel Hafiz Nofal said Tuesday that no Arab state will officially voice its support of Washington decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.
News ID: 68534    Publish Date : 2018/02/07

Turkish FM en route to Tehran

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu will arrive in Tehran on Wednesday to hold talks with senior Iranian officials on bilateral and regional issues.
News ID: 68533    Publish Date : 2018/02/07

Minister:

Natural Gas to Be Made Available to 95% of Iran’s Population Soon

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said the households of about 95 percent of the country’s population would be supplied with natural gas by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2018), describing the achievement as “unprecedented in the world”.
News ID: 68532    Publish Date : 2018/02/07

Iran Envoy:

UNSC Discredited by US Moves

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations decried the US government’s employment of the UN Security Council as a tool to pursue its political objectives, saying the US attempts to spur the council to act against Iran have discredited the council.
News ID: 68531    Publish Date : 2018/02/07

Iran Spokesman Warns Israel of Major Defeat in Gaza Attack

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Bahram Qassemi slammed Israel’s threat of a new war on Gaza as part of a psychological warfare in harmony with Saudi Arabia, saying the Zionist regime will have to face a resounding defeat in case of a military action against Palestine.
News ID: 68530    Publish Date : 2018/02/07

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