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India plans $20b investment in Chabahar
The visiting India’s Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan said New Delhi is planning to invest some $20 billion for development of energy and petrochemical projects in Iran’s Chabahar Port.

 
Key suspect in Paris attacks arrested in Brussels
Belgian authorities detained a total of six people suspected of ties to the Brussels bombings, including the last known fugitive of last year’s Paris attacks and a Swedish linked to the French massacre, Belgium’s prosecutor’s office said Saturday.

 
Iran: Boeing officials to visit Tehran within next days
Iran says a top-level delegation from global aviation giant Boeing will arrive in the country within the next days to discuss potential areas of cooperation with Iranian companies.

 
US deploys B-52 bombers to Qatar
The US Air Force said it has deployed B-52 bombers to Qatar on Saturday to join the fight against Daesh terrorist group in Iraq and Syria, the first time they have been based in the Middle East since the end of the Persian Gulf War in 1991.

 
Defense minister raps Kerry’s interfering remarks
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan deplored Washington’s interference in the internal affairs of other countries.

 
Kazakh president due in Iran
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev will make an official visit to Iran to discuss ways to improve mutual relations and the latest regional and international developments.

 
Iran denies claim of meddling in Lebanon presidential election
Iran’s Embassy in Lebanon firmly rejected recent claims by Lebanese politician Samir Geagea about Tehran, saying the Islamic Republic is not interfering in Lebanon’s internal affairs, including the country’s presidential election.

 
FM: Int’l community needs to be serious in fighting terror
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said certain countries that “talk a lot” about fighting terrorism and extremism should be engaged seriously in the battle against the scourges.

 

Tehran Times

 
India ready to invest $20b in Iran’s Chabahar port
India is ready to invest $20 billion in energy and industrial projects in the Iranian southern port of Chabahar, Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan said in a news conference after a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Bijan Namdar Zangeneh in Tehran on Saturday.

 
Iranian defense minister puts U.S. to three key questions
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan has put U.S. officials to three key questions in reply to Secretary of State John Kerry’s remarks about Iran’s missile program, Mehr news agency reported on Saturday.

 
Iran plans to build 9 nuclear power plants by 2025
Iran will build 9 nuclear power plants by 2025 which marks the end of the 20-year vision plan, the spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced on Saturday.

 
Persepolis beats Malavan in Iran Professional League
Persepolis football team earned a late 2-1 victory over Malavan in Iran Professional League on Saturday.

 
Lieutenant General Sayyad-Shirazi remembered
A ceremony was held in Tehran on Saturday to mark the 17th year since Lieutenant General Ali Sayyad-Shirazi was martyred by an operative of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization.

 
Over $4.5 billion to shore up SMEs: minister
Iranian Industry, Mining, and Trade Minister Mohammad-Reza Ne’matzadeh said on Saturday that 160 trillion rials (over $4.5 billion) has been allocated for supporting about 2,000 small and medium-sized enterprises which have been unable to work over the past few years.

 
1500 jobs created for recovered addicts
The deputy interior minister for drug control said on Saturday that 1500 jobs have been created for the people who have been able to kick off their addiction.

 
Iran seriously pursuing rights of mina crush victims: official
The representative of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization has stressed on Saturday that Tehran is following up on an agreement with Riyadh on the compensation that Saudi Arabia should pay to the families of Iranian victims of last year’s Mina crush, Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday.

 
Tehran is a beautiful yet unknown city: European Commission’s official
Tehran is a beautiful yet unknown city which needs fairly long time to be discovered, the European Commission’s director general for mobility and transport Henrik Hololei said.

 
Iran will remain a friend of Russia, Zarif says
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that Iran will remain a “friend” and “partner” of Russia.

 
Rezaei: U.S. that has failed to comply with JCPOA has no right to discuss Iran missile program
Secretary of the Expediency Council has said the U.S. which has so far failed to comply with the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has no business to speak about Iran’s missile capability.