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US spy sentenced to 10 years in jail in Iran

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – A Chinese-born American dual national has been sentenced to 10 years in jail on charges of spying for the US government, Iranian judicial spokesman said Sunday.
News ID: 65320    Publish Date : 2017/07/17

Iraqi Interior Min. says ISIL leader Baghdadi likely still alive

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Abu Ali Basri, the head of the intelligence and counterterrorism department of the Iraqi Interior Ministry, stated that Abu Bakr Baghdadi, the leader of the ISIL terror group, is likely to be alive and he is hiding nearly Syria's Raqqa.
News ID: 65321    Publish Date : 2017/07/17

SCI, UNFPA to launch joint cooperation

Tehran ( defapress ) – UN Population Fund's representative to Iran, while pointing to aging population as a major issue in the country, said joint partnership programs could provide solutions to the concern.
News ID: 65311    Publish Date : 2017/07/17

Macedonia keen on boosting ties with Tehran

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said on Friday that his country seeks to promote its life standards and provide better livelihood to its nation through enhancing ties with other countries such as Iran.
News ID: 65310    Publish Date : 2017/07/17

Iran calls on intl. community to put pressure on Israel

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran has condemned Israel’s move to close al-Aqsa Mosque, calling on international community to exert pressure on the regime to observe the “most basic rights” of the Palestinian people.
News ID: 65309    Publish Date : 2017/07/17

VP:

Iran Ready to Meet Vietnam’s Energy Demands

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri expressed the country’s readiness to satisfy Vietnam’s demands for oil and gas.
News ID: 65313    Publish Date : 2017/07/16

Pres. Rouhani:

Maryam Mirzakhani ‘milestone’ for Iranian women’s successes

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – President Rouhani has issued a statement praising Iranian math genius Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to win mathematics’ fields medal, who died at 40 on Saturday.
News ID: 65314    Publish Date : 2017/07/16

Cross-Border Attack Kills 2 in Southeast Iran

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – A terrorist team fired projectiles from inside Pakistan at a border area southeast of Iran on Saturday, killing two local workers in Saravan in the province of Sistan and Balouchestan, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced.
News ID: 65315    Publish Date : 2017/07/16

Iran’s Navy Denies Report of Laser Training at US Copter

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – A top commander of Iran’s Navy denied reports that the country’s naval forces had pointed a laser at an airborne US Marine Corps helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz back in June.
News ID: 65316    Publish Date : 2017/07/16

Protesters in Paris Rally against Israeli PM's Visit

TEHRAN ( defapress ) - Protesters in the French capital have criticized President Emmanuel Macron for inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Paris, condemning the Israeli settlement policy and the blockade of Gaza.
News ID: 65317    Publish Date : 2017/07/16

Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound to Reopen on Sunday

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem (al-Quds) will reopen on Sunday, two days after the unprecedented closure heightened Israeli-Palestinian tensions.
News ID: 65318    Publish Date : 2017/07/16

Al-Jaafari:

Syrian wants counterterrorism issue to be transferred to UNSC

TEHRAN ( defapress ) –The Syrian Arab Republic delegation, headed by Bashar al-Jaafari, held on Friday the fourth session of talks with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in the framework of the seventh round of the intra-Syrian dialogue.
News ID: 65305    Publish Date : 2017/07/15

Moscow:

'White Helmets' participate in smear campaign against Syria gov't

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – The White Helmets NGO is involved in a defamation campaign targeting the Syrian government, according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
News ID: 65306    Publish Date : 2017/07/15

Mass Protests Held in Gaza over Closure of Al-Aqsa Mosque

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – A massive protest was held in the besieged Gaza Strip to condemn Israel's closure of al-Aqsa Mosque Compound following a shooting incident in the Old City of Jerusalem (al-Quds), which left at least three Palestinians and two Israeli police officers dead.
News ID: 65307    Publish Date : 2017/07/15

Iran’s FM Holds Talks with Foreign Counterparts

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held telephone conversations with his counterparts from four Asian and African countries to discuss the bilateral and regional issues.
News ID: 65308    Publish Date : 2017/07/15

Israel lacks any sympathy towards Muslims

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani condemned some Muslim countries efforts to establish ties with Israeli regime underlining that the result would not be unfavorable as Israel has always been hostile to Muslims.
News ID: 65302    Publish Date : 2017/07/12

FM spox:

US policies root causes of terrorism

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – FM Spokesman Ghasemi on Tue. dismissed Mattis’s baseless remarks on Iran, saying the US policies and its support for terrorist-nurturing regimes are the root causes of terrorism and extremism.
News ID: 65303    Publish Date : 2017/07/12

Dehghan dismisses Mattis’ remarks as ‘baseless delirium’

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Defense Minister Dehghan has dismissed his US counterpart’s ‘meddlesome and disgraceful’ remarks against the country as nothing but “delirious talks of an ill, feverish person”.
News ID: 65301    Publish Date : 2017/07/12

EU's Mogherini:

JCPOA Belongs to Int’l Community Not One Country

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said the 28-member bloc respects the United States' review of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, adding, however, that all should know it was an international accord endorsed by the United Nations.
News ID: 65304    Publish Date : 2017/07/12

150 more families return to Homs’s al-Waer in Jarabulus

TEHRAN ( defapress ) – About 150 families of al-Waer neighborhood in Homs province returned on Tuesday from Jarabulus city back to their neighborhood due to their suffering from the lack of the minimum basic elements of life and accommodation in the camps that were set up to host them there.
News ID: 65300    Publish Date : 2017/07/12

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