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US, Canada to join Iranian crude customers
Iran has begun negotiations with American and Canadian oil companies on petrochemical sales, technology purchase as well as investment in the country�s oil and gas projects.

 
Zarif: US seizure of Iranian assets highway robbery
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the seizure of around $2 billion in frozen assets recently authorized by a US court ruling is �highway robbery,� vowing that the Islamic Republic will retrieve the sum anyway.

 
Iraqi protesters demand cabinet reshuffle vote
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi attended a heavily scrutinized parliament session on Tuesday after tens of thousands of protesters took over part of central Baghdad demanding a vote on a cabinet reshuffle to fight corruption.

 
False mileage tests done since 1991
Mitsubishi Motors Corp., the Japanese automaker that acknowledged last week that it had intentionally lied about fuel economy data for some of its models, said an internal investigation found such tampering dated back to 1991.

 
UK, Germany, France hit by strikes
Transport workers in Germany and France as well as doctors in Britain launched strikes in protest at their working conditions.

 
Tehran summons Swiss envoy over US court ruling
Iran�s Foreign Ministry summoned Swiss Ambassador to Tehran Giulio Haas, who represents the US interests in Iran, to protest a ruling by US Supreme Court over Iran�s frozen assets.

 
New chapter opens in Iran-Uruguay ties
President Hassan Rouhani emphasized on cementing ties with Uruguay, saying deepening ties with Latin American countries is a basic policy of the Islamic Republic.

 
Security forces storm bomb-making facility in Iran
Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi said the security forces have busted a large facility that terrorists used to make explosive devices.

 
Tehran hosting APA meeting
The Asian Parliamentary Association�s (APA) executive council meeting on social and cultural affairs kicked off in Tehran on Tuesday.

 
Defense minister heads to Moscow
Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan traveled to Moscow to attend the 2016 Moscow Conference on International Security and discuss further military cooperation with Russia.

 
UK to help return Rhum cash to Iran
Iran said on Monday that Britain has pledged to help provide Iran with revenues made from sales of natural gas from the Rhum gas field in the North Sea which the country jointly shares with British Petroleum (BP).
 
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Iran greatly values ties with Latin American states: Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that expansion of relations with the Latin American countries is one of Tehran�s �principled policies.�

 
Italian companies to build 1 GW of solar farms in Iran
Reports have surfaced that Italian companies Genesis and Dynkun have signed a memorandum of understanding with officials from Iran�s northwestern Qazvin province, for 100 PV plants of 10 MW each.

 
$2b ruling has vexed Tehran, international arbitration under consideration
There seems to be no end to Tehran and Washington throwing the book at each other. Ever since the 1979 revolution in Iran, the two have seen no moment of amity until recently when their senior officials shook hands before the press, sitting at one negotiation table.

 
I�ll return to Isfahan as a tourist, South African president says
�I will return to Isfahan as a tourist after leaving Iran,� South Africa�s President Jacob Zuma said after visiting the historical city of Isfahan on Monday.

 
Russia reviewing Iran�s offer to sell 40 tons of heavy water
Moscow is reviewing Tehran�s offer to sell 40 tons of Iran�s heavy water from its nuclear power facilities.

 
Man meets death saving bird
A villager died in an attempt to detangle a sack from a stork�s foot in Mahabad, northwestern Iran, on Saturday night, IRNA reported.

 
�Walnut Tree� grabs top honor in Fajr Eastern Vista
Kazakh director Yerlan Nurmukhambetov�s �The Walnut Tree� won the best film award in the Asian and Islamic countries section -- Eastern Vista -- at the 34th Fajr International Film Festival.

 
Iran ready to meet Ukraine�s oil, gas needs
Iran could start supplying oil and natural gas to Ukraine in the near future, Iranian ambassador to Kyiv said Monday.

 
Tehran says backs Assad, wants political solution for Syria
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Tehran backs the UN-brokered Syrian talks, believing political settlement is the only way to end the five-year-old crisis.

 
Assad should finish his 7-year presidency, Iran says
Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior foreign policy adviser to the Supreme Leader, said on Tuesday that Bashar al-Assad was elected as president two years ago and should finish his seven-year term.

 
Nation has right to progress: Rafsanjani
During a meeting on Monday with senior officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said the Iranian people have the right to take steps towards �progress� and �social welfare� through �international interaction�.