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Iran rallies Oman, Pakistan support to resolve Yemen crisis


Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited neighboring Oman and Pakistan on Wednesday to hold talks with their high-ranking officials on regional developments.

 

MP: Yemen to become cemetery for invaders
A senior Iranian lawmaker warned Saudi Arabia of the dire consequences of a possible ground invasion of Yemen.

 

EU reimposes sanctions on Iranian entities


The European Union reimposed sanctions on an Iranian bank and 32 Iranian shipping companies on Wednesday despite a framework recently reached between Tehran and P5+1 over Iran’s nuclear energy program.

 

IOOC to absorb $20b in foreign investments by March


Iranian Offshore Oil Company plans to attract up to $20 billion in foreign investments in the year to mid-March 2016.

 

US cop filmed shooting fleeing black suspect

A white policeman in South Carolina has been charged with murder after video emerged showing him repeatedly shooting a fleeing and apparently unarmed black man in the back.

 

EU: There’s only one Iran nuclear statement


The European Union said the only valid statement regarding the nuclear talks with Iran is the one published last Thursday in Switzerland.
 
Iran to help Yemen form unity gov’t



Yemeni factions should form a national unity government to resolve the crisis there and that it is working to help achieve that, a senior Iranian official said on Wednesday.

 

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Iran joins Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as founding member

Iran has been accepted as a founding member of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported late on Tuesday.

 

Oman says Iran nuclear deal will bene?t region

The Omani foreign minister has said that a success by Iran to resolve the nuclear issue with the West will bring good results to the Mideast region and provide grounds for other countries to use nuclear energy peacefully.

 

Six terrible things U.S. and its allies did to Iran

In an article published by the In- tercept on April 7, Jon Schwarz has elaborated on historical reasons why Iranians have grown a mistrust of the U.S. and its allies.

 

U.S.: Al-Qaeda seizing opportunity in Yemen

The U.S. defense secretary says al-Qaeda has “seized the opportunity” in Yemen amid reports that ?ghters from the group had stormed a border post near Saudi Arabia.

 

Iran denies agreement on inspection of military sites

Irani- an Defense Minister Major General Hossein Dehqan said there has been “no agreement on inspecting Iran’s military facilities and no visits will be allowed.”

 

Pakistani MPs: Yemen con?ict escalation to bene?t U.S., Israel

Pakistani lawmakers say the escalation of the ongoing con?ict in Yemen will bene?t the United States and Israel, expressing strong opposition to Islamabad’s involvement in the Saudi military campaign against the impoverished Arab country.

 

Afghan soldier shoots, wounds 3 U.S. troops in insider attack

An Afghan soldier opened ?re on U.S. troops in Afghanistan on Wednesday, wounding three before he was shot dead by American troops, an o?cial and an eyewitness said.

 

Judiciary chief lauds performance of nuclear team

The Judiciary chief has lauded the performance of Iran’s nuclear negating team, led by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in the course of talks with the 5+1 group of world powers aimed at re- solving the Iranian nuclear standoff with the West.

 

West has given green light to Saudi attack on Yemen: general

A senior Iranian military commander said on Wednesday that the Western countries’ silence toward the dam- aging of Yemen’s infrastructure by Saudi Arabia make the people in the world to view Riyadh’s aggression as a “green light” by the West.

 

Iran prepares own ‘fact sheet’: nuclear chief

The di- rector of the Atom- ic Energy Organization of Iran says his organization, along with the Foreign Ministry, have prepared a ‘fact sheet’ in response to a fact sheet published by the United States after the tentative agreement reached between Iran and the world powers last Thursday.

 

Iran sends warship to Gulf of Aden

The 34th ?eet of the Iranian Navy has left for the Gulf of Aden and Bab al-Mandab Strait in line with the country’s policy of safeguarding naval routes for vessels in the region, Press TV reports.

 

Top judge lambasts Saudi officers’ abuse of two Iranian teen pilgrims

Iranian Judiciary chief has lambasted the “grave news of the Saudi o?cers’ abusing of two Iranian teenage pilgrims”, saying Iran would never compromise on the security of its nationals.

 

A third of Republicans support Iran nuclear deal: poll

Thirty-one percent of Republicans favor a new nuclear deal with Iran, creating a challenge for their party’s lawmakers who largely oppose the framework accord sealed between Tehran and world powers, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Wednesday.