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Iran deal gains Dems’ support ahead of vote
President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran is picking up crucial support from swing-state Senate Democrats despite Republican opposition.

 
Iran, Britain to reopen embassies
Britain and Iran will reopen their respective embassies in the coming days, an Iranian official said Thursday, four years after their closure.

 
Tehran, Bern urge political solutions to Syria, Yemen crises
Iran and Switzerland underlined the need for political solutions to the ongoing crises in Syria and Yemen, urging the immediate delivery of humanitarian aid to the people in the two Arab countries.

 
Pyongyang orders troops onto a war footing
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops onto a war footing from 5 p.m. on Friday after his government issued an ultimatum to Seoul to halt anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts by Saturday afternoon or face military action.

 
Israeli airstrike in Syria kills five civilians
At least five civilians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on an area in Syria’s strategic southwestern province of Quneitra close to the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

 
Saudi bombardments kill 54 Yemenis
At least 54 civilians were killed and scores of others injured after Saudi military aircraft launched a series of airstrikes in Yemen’s southwestern province of Ta’izz.



Greece rebels announce new party after PM resignation
Rebels from Greece’s Syriza party said on Friday they will form a new parliamentary group, a day after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned and triggered snap elections.

 
Iran deal gains Dems’ support ahead of vote
President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran is picking up crucial support from swing-state Senate Democrats despite Republican opposition.

 
Tehran rejects report on IAEA inspections as ‘speculation’
Iran’s atomic energy agency dismissed a media report that Iranian experts, instead of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) staff, will inspect the country’s nuclear sites.

 
Iran warships foil pirate attacks on foreign ships
Iran’s naval forces saved two foreign cargo vessels from pirates in two separate operations in the Gulf of Aden, a military official announced.

 
Iran: Muslims’ unity foils Israeli bid to destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque
Iran underlined the need for unity among Muslims in the face of Israeli bid to destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque in Beit-ul-Moqaddas.

 
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Iran can promptly repel any threat: Defense minister
Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said on Friday that the Islamic Republic’s armed forces will counter any threats against the country in the shortest possible time.

 
Britain to reopen embassy in Tehran after four years
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond will formally reopen the UK embassy in Tehran on Sunday, nearly four years after it was shut down.

 
Iran to regain its share in EU petchem market
In sanctions era , Iran faced closed doors of European petrochemical markets, but with the lifting of sanctions, the situation is changed, said Mehdi Sharifi-Nik, the managing director of Petrochemical Commercial Company, to the IRNA news agency on Monday.

 
IRGC to stage ballistic missile maneuver soon
Iran plans to hold a ballistic missile maneuver in the near future, the details of which will be announced soon, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force announced on Friday.

 
Iran’s steel production hits 9 Mt in seven months: WSA
Iran’s steel production stood at 9, 645,000 million tonnes (Mt) in the first seven months of 2015, up by 3.7% compared to the same period of time in 2014, the World Steel Association said in its latest report.

 
Tehran rejects AP nuclear report as speculation
Iran’s atomic energy agency has dismissed an Associated Press report that Iranian experts, instead of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) staff, will inspect the country’s nuclear sites.

 
AFC U-19 Women’s Championship: Iran loses to North Korea
Iran suffered its second defeat in a row in the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship on Friday.

 
Iran says nuclear deal serves national interests
Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council , has said that Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers serves the national interests of the Islamic Republic.

 
Obama pledges continued efforts to press Iran
I n his most comprehensive effort to assure wavering Democrats, President Obama wrote in a letter to Congress that the United States would unilaterally maintain economic pressure and deploy military options if needed to deter Iranian aggression, both during and beyond the proposed nuclear accord.