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Netanyahu: Iran got everything and paid nothing
World powers and Iran are expected to reach a long sought deal to try to resolve the impasse over Iran’s nuclear energy program.

 
US President: Deal with Iran better than confrontation
The US President Barack Obama thinks that a deal with Iran over its nuclear program is better than a confrontation with the Islamic Republic.

 
Palestinians: Tel Aviv only suspect in Arafat death
Palestinian investigators accused Israel of being the “only suspect” in Yasser Arafat’s death on Friday, a day after Swiss laboratory experts said tests suggested he was killed by polonium poisoning.

 
Blatter endorses Iran’s Asian Cup bid
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has given his support to Iran’s bid to host the 2019 Asian Cup during a visit to the country on Wednesday.

 
Emerging markets promise growth
The emerging-markets juggernaut that propelled the globe out of the 2009 recession is taking a pause rather than running out of steam.

 
Tehran, Yerevan stress broader ties
Iran and Armenia have underlined their determination to further strengthen relations, particularly in the economic and cultural areas.

 
Zarif interview with Israelis ‘fabricated’
Iran rejected an Israeli media report that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif granted an interview to an Israeli newspaper before he left Paris for nuclear talks in Geneva, Switzerland.

 
Iran counters Azerbaijan border closure
Iran has closed the Jolfa and Bileh-Savar border crossings with the Republic of Azerbaijan on Thursday following that country’s closure of Pol-e Dasht-Shah Takhti border crossing and Baku’s refusal to negotiate on the issue.

 
Ankara, Tehran agree on relief aid for Syria
Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Levent Gumrukcu said on Thursday that Ankara and Tehran agreed to send humanitarian relief aid to Syria.

 
Envoy: Israel must lift Gaza blockade
Iran’s Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Gholam-Hossein Dehqani says the Israeli regime should end its illegal blockade of the impoverished Gaza Strip.

 

 
Tehran Times
 

 
Iran, 5+1 on verge of nuclear deal
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton held talks on the content of a draft on a deal on Iran’s nuclear program on Friday as Iran and the six major powers appear to be on the verge of reaching a deal.

 
Most Iranians say nuclear program should  continue despite sanctions: Gallup poll
More than four in five (85%) Iranians believe that international sanctions have hurt their own livelihoods, including 50% who say they have been hurt a great deal, according to a  Gallup poll published on Wednesday.

 
Main al-Qaeda branch in Syria dissolved
Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has ordered the disbanding of one of the main militant factions in Syria, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, in an audio message aired on Al Jazeera on Friday.

 
Saudi nuclear weapons ‘on order’ from Pakistan: report
Saudi Arabia has invested in Pakistani nuclear weapons projects, and believes it could obtain atomic bombs at will, a report says.

 
Israelis kill another Palestinian amid warnings of a new Intifada
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian near Jerusalem, Israeli police and family members said on Friday, as the United States warned of a third intifada if Middle East peace talks fail.

 
Israel “only suspect” in Arafat poisoning: PA
Palestinian investigators accused Israel of being the “only suspect” in Yasser Arafat’s death on Friday, a day after Swiss laboratory experts said tests suggested he was killed by polonium poisoning, AFP reported.

 
Rachel Corrie’s monument will be installed in Tehran
A monument of the known anti-Zionist activist Rachel Corrie is to be placed in Tehran.

 
Iran will not suspend uranium enrichment in entirety: Zarif
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran can deal with various issues, but there won’t be a suspension of its enrichment program in its entirety.

 
Russia sees positive changes at Iran talks
The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday that there had been “very positive changes” in the positions of six world powers and Iran at talks on Tehran’s nuclear program in Geneva  and hoped for a “concrete result” to satisfy both sides.

 
Kofi Annan holds talks with Iranian foreign minister
Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Geneva on Friday. There was no report about the
content of talks between the two diplomats.

 
More Iran sanctions would bolster suspicion that U.S. goal is govt. change: former CIA officer
Increasing sanctions on Iran at a time of landmark direct negotiations would increase Iranian suspicion that the U.S. is seeking to change the ruling system, a former CIA officer and nearly 30-year veteran of the U.S. intelligence community said on Wednesday.

 
Iran retaliates by closing two border-crossing points with Azerbaijan
Iran has closed border-crossing points on the border with Azerbaijan in Julfa (the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic) and Bilasuvar, head of the press service of the Iranian Embassy in Baku announced on Friday.

 
‘West has realized it’s impossible to solve regional problems without Iran’
Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour says the Islamic Republic of Iran plays a constructive role in resolving problems in the Middle East region.

 
Rouhani congratulates Tajik president-elect
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has extended his felicitations to Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on his victory in the presidential election to secure a fourth term in office.