Iran Daily

 

Obama confident of reaching final nuclear deal
The White House said it is “confident” of reaching a final deal over Iran’s nuclear program by the end-of-June deadline.

 

Iran’s crude steel output grows nearly 16%
Iran produced 2,774,000 tons of crude steel in the first two months of 2015, marking a 15.6 percent rise compared to the same period of last year which was 2,401,000 tons, Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation (IMIDRO) announced.

 

Iran condemns Kenya terrorist attack
Iran condemned the deadly attack carried out by Somalia-based Al-Shabab terrorists on a university in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa.

 

At least 185 dead in battle for Yemen’s Aden
Fierce fighting for control of Yemen’s main southern city Aden has left at least 185 people dead and more than 1,200 wounded, including many civilians, a medical official said on Saturday.

 

Thousands flee Philippine coast due to typhoon

Thousands of residents and tourists were told to leave the northeastern Philippine coastline ahead of Typhoon Maysak, which is barreling from the Pacific after killing four people and destroying hundreds of homes in Micronesia.

 

President hails Leader’s nuclear guidelines

President Hassan Rouhani appreciated the role of the Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in guiding nuclear talks, saying the Leader’s guidelines helped the Iranian negotiators make progress in talks with the six world powers.

 

China upbeat about nuclear framework
China presented an upbeat assessment of the nuclear framework reached on April 2 between Iran and the P5+1 countries in Switzerland.

 

Navy equips destroyer with upgraded missile

Navy has armed its ‘Damavand’ destroyer with an upgraded missile, Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said.

 

Tehran Times

 

Rouhani says Leader’s guidelines were a torch for talks

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that guidelines set by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution served as the “light” to advance nuclear talks.

 

Iran’s annual trade hits $150b despite sanctions

Despite sanctions imposed by UN, EU and U.S. on Iran over its nuclear program, the country’s annual trade amount- ed to $150 billion in the previous Iranian calendar year, which ended on March 20.

 

Gorbachev: U.S. attempts at global domination are futile

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev believes that U.S. at- tempts to unilaterally rule the world are futile, just as any party which, instead of trying to co-exist with another, struggles to impose global hegemony is doomed to fail.

 

Hezbollah hits ISIL base in Syria’s Qalamoun region

Fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement have pounded a base run by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group in Syria’s mountain- ous Qalamoun region along the border with neighboring Lebanon.

 

Bahrainis protest Saudi invasion of Yemen

Bahraini protesters staged ral- lies across the country to denounce the Saudi invasion of Yemen and express their anger at the continued detention of the country’s top opposition ?g- ure Sheikh Ali Salman.

 

Iran accepts Lausanne tone, not language of threat: Araqchi

The Western powers involved in the talks over Tehran’s nuclear program have realized that Iran does not accept the language of threat or sanctions or any tone other than the tone of the Lausanne agreement, the Iranian deputy foreign minister for le- gal and international a?airs says.

 

World recognizes nuclear Iran: science minister

Minister of Science, Re- search and Technology Mohammad Farhadi hails the recent framework nuclear agreement between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 group (the ?ve permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) as a great gain for Iran.

 

Iran made remarkable achievement: Washington Post

In a commentary in the Washington Post on April 3, Michael Gerson claimed Iran made the “most remarkable achievement” in the nuclear talks in Lausanne, which resulted in a joint statement also referred to as framework nuclear deal on April 2.