Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events:
 
Top aide to Ayatollah Khamenei rejects U.S. offer to meet Iranian leaders: IRNA
The top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that an offer by Washington to meet with Iranian leaders including Ayatollah Khamenei would never be accepted.

 
JCPOA participants agree to develop payment channels to facilitate Iran’s export
European Union will set up a legal entity to facilitate legitimate financial transactions with Iran to allow continued trade, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Federica Mogherini said after the ministerial meeting of JCPOA participant nations Monday.

 
Bromance brewing? Trump is sure Iran’s Rouhani is ‘a lovely man’
Despite the Trump administration’s hawkish rhetoric aimed at Tehran, the US president apparently thinks that Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani is a “lovely man” – and even hinted that the two could meet in the future.

 
President Rouhani: Turkish investors welcomed in Iran
Iran welcomes participation of Turkish investors in developing projects in Iran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said.

 
UK PM May to meet Iran’s Rouhani, lobby for detained aid worker’s release
British Prime Minister Theresa May will lobby for the release of detained British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani when both attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.

 

Rouhani hopes terrorism will be uprooted from region
President Hassan Rouhani acknowledged Kabul’s message of condolence over Ahvaz incident, hoping that terrorism would be uprooted one day.


 
Citing U.S. sanctions, Iranian president says he has no plans to meet Trump
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told NBC News Monday that he had no plans to meet President Donald Trump during his visit to New York, saying the United States had employed only threats and sanctions against his country.

 

Pres. Rouhani raps Haley’s remark on Ahvaz terrorist attack
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has censured US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley’s remark on the Sat. terrorist attack in Ahvaz.




China to continue economic ties with Iran: Chinese FM
Beijing will maintain economic relations with Tehran and is committed to Iran nuclera Deal in spite of pressures from the US government, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.


 
Rouhani stresses equal opportunities for women in sports
Iranian President Rouhani stressed creating equal opportunities for men and women in various fields of social activities, including sports, in a meeting with president of the International Olympic Committee.