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Iran, Turkey can promote Mideast Peace
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif conferred with Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Friday.

 
Israel ‘bombs’ Syrian military base
An unnamed US government official said Israel has reportedly bombed a military base in western Syria.

 
UNFPA representative:Iran remarkable in lowering adolescent pregnancy
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) works to improve reproductive health, reduce maternal mortality and promote the understanding of population dynamics, including aging, youth and migration, which have an effect on every aspect of human, social and economic progress.

 
Pro-Morsi protests held in Egypt
Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi held new protests around the country, days ahead of his trial.

 
Japan’s crude imports from Iran up
Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s figures show that the Asian country’s crude oil imports from Iran in September rose 35 percent compared to the same month last year.

 
Iran launches submarine for tourists
Iran has launched its first submarine for tourists in the Persian Gulf waters, an all-Iranian-made undersea vehicle.

 
Gaspar’s Iran experience
His wife advised him not to go. His friends said it was too dangerous. But in 2011 veteran American football coach Dan Gaspar ignored the warnings and traveled to the Islamic Republic of Iran to help Iran’s national football team qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

 
Asian growth risks abating
Manufacturing strengthened from China to South Korea last month in a sign that growth risks are abating in Asia and expansion may pick up this quarter.

 
Iran, Six powers end expert-level talks
Iran and the six world powers ended an expert-level meeting over Iran’s nuclear activities on Thursday at the United Nations office in the Austrian capital,Vienna.

 
US senate under pressure to hold off sanctions
The US Vice-President Joe Biden and senior Obama administration officials convinced a number of senators to hold off on another round of sanctions against Iran.

 
Tehran building confidence through IAEA cooperation
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said Tehran has stepped up cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to clear up the so-called concerns over its civilian nuclear activities.

 
UN chief condemns Saravan terrorist attack
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday condemned the deadly terrorist attack in eastern Iran and expressed sympathy with victims’ families and the government.

 
Border guard killed in northwest Iran
An Iranian border guard has been killed by the Party for Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) terrorist group in the country’s northwestern region.

 

 
Tehran Times
 
Leader says Iranians should have larger families
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called for the adoption of measures to encourage Iranians to have larger families and warned about the consequences of an aging population and a low birth rate.

 
Iran plans to widely expand use of renewable energy
Iran plans to widely expand its use of renewable energy, according to Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Houshang Falahatian.

 
Israel attacks Syrian military base: U.S. officials
Israeli warplanes have attacked a shipment of Russian missiles inside a Syrian government stronghold, according to U.S. officials, a development that threatened to add another explosive layer to regional tensions from the war in Syria.

 
MPs wearing hijab attend Turkish parliament after 14-year absence
Female lawmakers have attended a Turkish parliament session wearing headscarves for the first time in 14 years on Thursday.

 
Iran’s environmental chief urges Russia to release Greenpeace activists
The chairwoman of the Iranian Environmental Protection Organization has asked Russia to immediately free Greenpeace activists who had protested oil drilling in the Arctic.

 
Pakistani Taliban chief killed in drone strike
A U.S. drone strike in Pakistan has killed Hakimullah Mehsud, the head of the Pakistani Taliban, Pakistani sources have told Al Jazeera.

 
Gunmen kill six Shias in southwest Pakistan
Gunmen shot dead six Shia Muslims on Friday, officials said, in what appears to be the latest in a wave of sectarian attacks in Pakistan’s troubled southwest.

 
Syrian forces capture strategic town near Aleppo, opposition says
Syrian government forces have captured a northern town after days of heavy fighting, a monitoring group said.

 
Iran has presented new proposal to IAEA: nuclear negotiator
A top Foreign Ministry official has said Iran presented a new “step-by-step” proposal to the International Atomic Energy Agency to help resolve the dispute over the country’s nuclear program.

 
Biden presses Senate Democrats on Iran
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden joined other top Obama administration officials on Thursday in a bid to persuade the Senate not to impose new sanctions on Iran, a sign of how eager the White House is to avoid a conflict with Congress over the delicate diplomatic matter, Politico reported.

 
Gul meets Zarif, invites Rouhani to visit Turkey
Turkish President Abdullah Gul has invited Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to visit Turkey, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a press release on Friday.

 
UN chief condemns terrorist act against Iranian border guards
The UN secretary general on Thursday condemned a recent terrorist attack in Iran’s southeastern city of Saravan which led to the killings of 14 Iranian border guards, his spokesperson
said.

 
Russia calls for Iran’s participation in Geneva conference on Syria
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has underlined the necessity of Iran’s participation in a peace conference on Syria in Geneva aimed at finding a political solution to the long-standing conflict in the country.

 
Iran urges serious talks on nuclear disarmament
Iran’s Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Gholam Hossein Dehqani says all countries are duty-bound to start “serious” negotiations on nuclear disarmament.