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Sherman: World will rally behind Iran accord

US President Barack Obama’s top negotiator to the Iran nuclear talks pushed back against her critics on Capitol Hill, arguing that the world will rally behind an agreement if the two sides manage to hammer out a deal this year.

 

Iran, Italy keen on bolstering ties

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his visiting Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni on Saturday underlined the need for further expansion of cooperation in various fields between Tehran and Rome.

 

UNESCO honors eminent Iranian professor

Professor Ali Asghar Khodadoost (L) was honored in a ceremony attended by Kamal Kharrazi, secretary of the Institute for Cognitive Science Studies, in Shiraz, southern Iran, on Feb. 27, 2015.

 

Putin vows to nail Nemtsov killers

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to bring the “vile” killers of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov to justice, as Western leaders and Russia’s opposition roundly condemned the drive-by shooting near the Kremlin walls.

 

27 killed in Iraq car bombings

Car bombs targeting a crowded market and Shia militia checkpoints north of Iraq’s capital killed 27 people on Saturday, authorities said, as the country’s prime minister vowed to punish ISIL terrorists who smashed ancient artifacts in a northern city.

 

Radiation drill at Bushehr nuclear site
Iran on Saturday held a drill on radiation emergency preparedness and response at Bushehr’s Nuclear Power Plant.

 

Navy commander due in Kazakhstan
Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari is to arrive in Kazakhstan today.

 

Lavrov optimistic over Iran’s SCO membership

Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has expressed hope grounds will be created for Iran’s membership in Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

 

Tehran Times

 

Italy says nuclear pact would meet interests of all sides

Italian For- eign Minister Paolo Genti- loni says all should help to ?nd a solution to the Iran nuclear issue, saying a deal would bene?t all involved parties.

 

OIC condemns Israeli attacks on mosque, Christian center

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Satur- day condemned attacks against a mosque in the West Bank and a Christian center in the occupied ter- ritories of Jerusalem.

 

World would judge Iran deal to be ‘a good thing’: Sherman

U.S. Under Secretary of State for Politi- cal A?airs Wendy Sherman has said that the world would judge a diplomatic deal with Iran as a “good thing”.

 

Yemenis support Ansarullah in mass rallies

People have rallied in several Yemeni cities in support of the Ansarullah (Houthi) move- ment and the popular committees, Press TV reported.

 

Syrian Kurdish forces retake Syrian town from ISIL

Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) forces, backed by Assyrian Christians, have managed to retake a strategic town in Syria’s north- eastern province of Hasaka from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Le- vant (ISIL) terrorist group as they continue to push the terrorists back from the area.

 

Obama, Netanyahu on collision course 6 years in the making

For six years, U.S. President Ba- rack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been on a collision course over how to halt Iran’s nuclear program, a high-stakes endeavor both men see as a centerpiece of their legacies.

 

Car bombs kill 27 people north of Iraqi capital, Baghdad

Car bombs targeting a crowd- ed market and Shia volunteers’ checkpoints north of Iraq’s cap- ital Baghdad killed 27 people on Saturday, authorities said, as the country’s prime minister vowed to punish the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists who smashed ancient artifacts in the a northern city of Mosul.

 

Russia says to develop military ties with Iran after sanctions lift

Russia will boost military-technical co- operation with Iran after international arms embargo on Tehran is lifted, Rus- sian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Friday.

 

‘Good steps’ have been taken in nuclear talks: Salehi

Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Director Ali Akbar Salehi said on Friday, “We are resolving techni-
cal issues in nuclear talks meetings and have taken good steps in this regard.”

 

Netanyahu’s conflict with Obama over Iran has damaged U.S.-Israeli relationship: CNN

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s open conflict with U.S. President Barack Obama over his diplomacy with Iran has not only served a blow to the U.S.-Israeli relationship it has also collapsed Israel’s Iran policy, the CNN said in an article on Thursday.

 

U.S. says Iran negotiations ‘far more advanced’

Nuclear negotiations with Iran have reached a “far more advanced stage” than ever before, a senior administration o?cial said Friday, expressing hope that nego- tiators may be able to conclude a partial agreement by the end of March, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday.