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Call for unity to uproot terrorism
The Foreign Ministry commended the Lebanese government for capturing the mastermind of a recent bomb attack on Iran’s Embassy in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, and called for all-out cooperation to eradicate terrorism.

 
SP Phase 12 starts production
The biggest phase of the South Pars (SP) Gas Field with a production capacity of 10 million cubic meters (mcm) per day became operational on Friday.

 
Syria: Iran must attend peace talks
A Syrian diplomat said Iran plays an important and undeniable role in resolving regional and international issues, stressing the importance of Tehran’s participation in the upcoming international talks on the crisis in Syria.

 
Israel’s ex-envoy: Tel Aviv killed most AMIA perpetrators
A former Israeli envoy said the Tel Aviv regime has killed most of the people responsible for the deadly attacks on its embassy and a Jewish center in Argentina in the 1990s.

 
Iraqi forces, tribesmen kill 62 terrorists
Iraqi security forces and allied tribesmen killed 62 Al-Qaeda-linked militants in the Ramadi area west of Baghdad on Friday, a senior leader of the Sahwa militia said.

 
Rouhani urges swift aid to quake victims
President Hassan Rouhani called for swift action to reach out to the victims of a quake that jolted the Bastak region in southern Hormozgan province on Thursday.

 
Iran condemns Beirut bombing
Iran has strongly condemned a deadly bomb attack in the southern part of the Lebanese capital Beirut.

 
Iran, six powers to remain in contact
A senior diplomat said Iran and six world powers will continue their contact next week to resolve the remaining issues prior to January 20, the date set for implementing the interim nuclear deal sealed earlier between the two sides in Geneva.

 
Zarif to visit Turkey
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is to pay a one-day official visit to neighboring Turkey to meet his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu.

 
Tehran pursuing Saravan terrorist attack
Iran is seriously pursuing a recent terrorist attack on its border guards in the southeast of the country, says a top Tehran official.

 
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Iran requests access to suspect in bombing of embassy in Beirut
Iran has said that it is ready to aid the Lebanese government in its interrogation of the Saudi leader of a militant group that claimed responsibility for an attack on the Iranian Embassy in Beirut last November.

 
China may raise Iran oil imports with new contract: sources
China may buy more Iranian oil next year as a state trader is negotiating a new light crude contract that could raise imports from Tehran to levels not seen since Western sanctions were imposed in 2012.

 
Heavy snowstorm cripples northeastern U.S.
A major snowstorm producing blizzard-like conditions hammered the northeastern United States on Friday, causing 2,000 U.S. flight delays and cancellations, paralyzing road travel, and closing schools and government offices.

 
Car bomb kills five in south Beirut
A car bomb killed at least five people in Hezbollah’s stronghold in south Beirut on Thursday, the latest in a series of deadly attacks on Shia and Sunni targets in Lebanon.

 
U.S. the biggest threat to world peace in 2013: poll
The United States of America has been voted as the most significant threat to world peace in a survey across 68 different countries. Anti- American sentiment was not only recorded in
antagonistic countries, but also in many allied NATO partners like Turkey and Greece.

 
Prince Bandar threatened Putin with Chechen terror attacks: source
Monday’s terrorist bombings only 400 miles (640 kilometers) away from the site of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, have a geopolitical back story involving implied threats from Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan to Russian President Vladimir Putin last summer when Bandar was pressing Putin to withdraw his backing for the Syrian government.

 
Rouhani orders prompt response to quake in southern Iran
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has ordered a prompt response to the earthquake that hit southern Iran on Thursday.

 
Iran forms council to monitor nuclear talks
Iran has set up a supervisory council responsible for monitoring the country’s nuclear negotiating team, MP Esmaeil Kosari announced in an interview with the Mehr News Agency on Wednesday.

 
Progress made in nuclear talks with major powers: Iranian negotiator
Iran and the six major powers made good progress in expert talks in Geneva on Monday and Tuesday on how to implement an interim deal on the country’s nuclear program, according
to a top Iranian nuclear negotiator.

 
Iran arrests billionaire Babak Zanjani on financial corruption charges
Iranian billionaire business tycoon Babak Zanjani has been arrested on financial corruption charges, Prosecutor General and Judiciary spokesman Gholam- Hossein Mohseni-Ejei said on Monday.

 
Iranian FM to visit Turkey today
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to pay a one-day visit to Turkey today to discuss bilateral and regional issues with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu.

 
British parliamentarians to visit Iran on Jan. 6
British parliamentarians are to visit Iran next week to try to organize a reciprocal visit by Iranian lawmakers, the latest step aimed at improving relations between the two countries, Reuters reported on Monday.

 
Iran must attend Geneva II: Syrian ambassador
A Syrian diplomat says Iran plays an important and undeniable role in resolving regional and international issues, stressing the importance of Tehran’s participation in the upcoming international talks on the crisis in Syria.