Iran Daily

Merkel optimistic over Iran nuclear deal
 German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes there is a chance of reaching a deal between the P5+1 group and Tehran on Iran’s nuclear program.


Houthis “shoot down Moroccan F-16”
 Yemen’s Houthi fighters said on Monday they shot down a warplane of the Saudi-led coalition, shortly after Morocco said one of its fighter jets had gone missing on a sortie.

Most Persian Gulf Arab leaders to skip US summit
 It is not just the Saudi king who will be skipping the Camp David summit of US and allied Arab leaders. Most Persian Gulf heads of Arab states won’t be there either.


Majlis speaker meets Irish parliamentarians
 Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani in a meeting with an Irish parliamentarian delegation in Tehran Monday called for promoting relations between the two countries.

Western activists demand end to Saudi war on Yemen
 A group of American and European peace activists, who are on board an Iranian ship carrying humanitarian supplies for the war-hit people of Yemen, called for uninterrupted access to the beleaguered Arab country and an end to the Saudi airstrikes.

Iran, Syria criticize Turkish PM’s “infiltration”
 Iran and Syria criticized the Turkish premier’s entry into Syria to visit the tomb of an ancient king without getting the permission of Damascus.

Why Arab leaders declined Obama’s invitation
 An expert on international affairs referred to Arab leaders’ absence from a summit at Camp David, near Washington, this week as a sign of their concerns over a possible nuclear deal between Iran and the world powers.

Tehran Times
 
S.African trade delegation explore Iran business opportunities
A South African delegation, comprised of 60 businessmen from mining, telecommunications, engineering, agro-processing, and transport sectors, met officials of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture in Tehran.

Iran insists it is firm to resolve nuclear issue
In separate meetings with South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in Tehran President Hassan Rouhani and Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani have said that Iran is determined to resolve the nuclear standoff with the West.

 
Rulers of most Persian Gulf nations to miss Camp David summit
The White House scrambled Monday to put a positive face on an upcoming summit of Persian Gulf states after learning leaders from four of the six invited nations are expected to skip.

 
Turkey: A possible path to Pakistanization
The Iranian Foreign Ministry has said Turkish prime minister’s unauthorized entry into the Syrian soil under the excuse of visiting the tomb of an ancient king is a “dangerous” act.

 
Araqchi says Iranian nuclear negotiators won’t tolerate threats
negotiating team will never allow the 5+1 group of world powers to use the language of threat in the course of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program, a top Iranian nuclear negotiator says.

 
Iran urges UN ‘effective action’ in Yemen
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that the UN should take an “effective, firm and preemptive” action against killing of the Yemeni innocent people by Saudi Arabia.

 
Persian Gulf Arabs fear nuclear deal with Iran presages a wider rapprochement: FT
Persian Gulf Arab states “fear being abandoned by their U.S. protector” if a nuclear deal is reached between Iran and the 5+1 group of world powers, the Financial Times wrote in an article on May 9.

 
Final deal should be based on Lausanne statement: Zarif
The Iranian foreign minister says the content of a final nuclear deal between Iran and major powers naturally should be based on what had been agreed upon in the Lausanne statement.