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Moradi secures weightlifting golden double
Iran won their second gold medal in two days on Sunday when Sohrab Moradi finished well clear of his rivals in the men’s 94kg weightlifting.

 
Imam, assistant gunned down near New York mosque
A gunman shot and killed a New York imam and his assistant near their mosque in the borough of Queens during a brazen attack carried out in broad daylight Saturday.

 
Boko Haram releases new video of missing Nigerian schoolgirls
Boko Haram on Sunday released a video of the girls allegedly kidnapped from Chibok, in Nigeria’s Borno state  in April 2014, showing some who are still alive and claiming others died in airstrikes.

 
Rouhani: Economic growth at 4.4%
President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday figures from the Statistical Center of Iran indicate that the country’s economic growth hit 4.4 percent in the first quarter of the Iranian calendar year (starting on March 20).

 
Iran to introduce MasterCard
Iran is about to introduce credit card services processed by global payment operator MasterCard for the first time, Communications and Information Technology Minister Mahmoud Vaezi said.

 
Iran calls breach of sustainable security in its borders as redline
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said on Sunday breach of sustainable security in borders is Iran’s redline.

 
Tehran dismisses “unrealistic” US report on religious freedom in Iran
Iran’s Foreign Ministry dismissed a recent US report on religious freedom in the Islamic Republic as unrealistic, exaggerated and unconstructive, saying that its contents are driven by political prejudice.

 
Iran oil fires raise cyber sabotage fears
Iran’s cyberspace security authorities are looking into possible sabotage by the US or Israel following a recent string of fires in Iranian oil and gas facilities.

 
Putin’s envoy to discuss regional issues in Tehran
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy to the Middle East, Mikhail Bogdanov, is scheduled to meet with Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday to discuss developments in the region.

 
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“Starless Dreams” honored at DokuFest
Iranian director Mehrdad Oskui’s “Starless Dreams” has received an honorable mention at the DokuFest, an international documentary and short film festival, which came to end on Saturday in Prizren, Kosovo.

 
Petchem accidents not caused by cyberattacks: Iranian commander
Head of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali dismissed the notion that a number of recent incidents in the country’s petrochemical industry may have been the result of cyber attacks.

 
Rouhani says yes to JCPOA, no to Washington
President Hassan Rouhani continues to be cynical toward Washington, albeit firmly throwing his weight behind the nuclear deal he championed with global powers in July 2015.

 
KRG vows secure borders with Iran
The interior minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government on Sunday hailed Iran’s role in coordinating counterterrorism attempts in Iraq.

 
Pakistan embassy in Tehran celebrates Independence Day
On Sunday, the Pakistani community in Tehran celebrated another year of their country’s independence from the British rule, making Pakistan emerge as an independent and sovereign Muslim state.

 
Filmmaker Majid Majidi honored at 14th Imam Reza(AS) Intl. Festival
World renowned Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi was honored at the closing ceremony of the 14th Imam Reza (AS) International Festival held in Mashhad on the eve of the birthday anniversary of Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Imam of the Shia Muslims.

 
U.S. report on religious freedom politically motivated: Iran
Iran on Saturday dismissed as “politically motivated, unrealistic, exaggerated and counter constructive” a report by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom that said Iran is violating the rights of religious minorities.

 
‘Lebanese victory over Israel in 2006 war marks ‘golden page’ in history’
Iran’s First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Sunday that the Lebanese people’s victory against the Zionist regime of Israel in the 33-day war in 2006 is a “golden page in history of Lebanon and the freedom seeking nations”.

 
Kuwait coast guard detains 10 Iranians on charge of 'infiltration'
Kuwait’s Interior Ministry says the country’s coast guard has arrested 10 Iranians accused of trying to "infiltrate into the country."