Iran Daily


Iran deploys S-300 missiles at Fordo nuclear site
Iran deployed the Russian-supplied S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system around its Fordo nuclear facility, national TV reported late Sunday.

Brazil’s Rousseff faces senators, says accusations meritless
Fighting to save her job, suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff told senators on Monday that the allegations against her have no merit and that history would judge the country if she is removed from office.

Turkey warns of more strikes if Syrian Kurds don’t retreat
Turkey on Monday said it would continue targeting a Syrian Kurdish militia in Syria if it failed to fulfill promises to retreat east of the Euphrates River, accusing the group of ethnic cleansing.

ACD ministerial meeting underway in Tabriz
Tabriz in East Azarbaijan Province, northwest of Iran, is hosting the first ministerial meeting of Asia Cooperation Dialogue. It will wrap up today (Aug. 30).

Some 9,000 refugee kids reported missing in Germany
Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) confirmed on Monday that by July 1, 8,991 unaccompanied refugee children and young people had been reported missing.

Dozens dead in Yemen car bombing claimed by Daesh
A bomb attack targeting forces loyal to Yemen’s resigned president, Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi, killed dozens of recruits and injured scores of others.

Speaker: Grounds prepared for foreign investment in Iran
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said that Iran over $60b lines of credits (LoCs) have been extended to Iran, saying the grounds are prepared for further investments by other countries.

Iran regards Afghanistan security as its own
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that Iran regards progress, stability and security in Afghanistan as its own.

Army warns off US drone east of Iran
The Iranian Army’s Air Defense Base identified a US unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) east of the country and forced it to avoid the Iranian airspace after issuing a warning.


Tehran Times


Tehran props nuclear airspace with Russian predator
Tehran has ratcheted up airspace security around one of its nuclear sites by deploying a battalion of S-300 surface-to-air defense system, making any future air attack against the facilities more difficult.

Indian, Iranian puppeteers honored at Mobarak festival
The 16th Mobarak International Puppet Theater Festival came to an end in Tehran on Sunday evening, honoring puppeteers Behruz Gharibpur from Iran and Dadi Pudumjee from India for their lifetime achievements.

Iran-South Korea technology exchange center inaugurated
Tehran and Seoul opened their joint technology exchange center in a ceremony attended by Ali Yazdani, the head of Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO), and Young-Sup Joo, the head of South Korea’s Small and Medium Business Administration, in the Iranian capital on Sunday.

Resistance festival to focus films on MKO
The 14th International Resistance Film Festival (IRFF) plans to review seven movies and TV series on Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO, MeK – also known as People’s Mujahedin of Iran, PMOI), an Iranian political–militant organization in exile that carried out many terrorist operations to overthrow the Iranian government.

‘Heikal praised Iran Leader for regard for science, defense power’
Late Egyptian journalist Mohamed Hassanein Heikal used to praise Iranian Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei for two specific reasons, an advisor to the Majlis speaker said on Monday

Tabriz hosting 1st ACD ministerial meeting on tourism
The first edition of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) ministerial meeting on tourism opened on Monday in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz, in a bid to expand cooperation among the member states.

Rafsanjani hails govt’s role in boosting educational system as ‘unique’
Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, chairman of the Expediency Council, said on Monday that the current government has played a “unique” role in boosting the educational system of the country.

Iran to host CAPA summit in Sept.
The Center for Asia-Pacific Aviation (CAPA) plans to hold Iran Aviation Summit 2016 on September 18-19 in Tehran, IRNA reported on Monday.

Tehran signals Mogherini for dialogue on human rights
After a successful marathon with the West over its nuclear impasse, Tehran has accepted in principle to initiate dialogue with the European Union on human rights, and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini already knows this.

ISIS under Iran surveillance from Raqqa to Mosul: official
Iran has been closely watching Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants from Syria to Iraq, a senior Iranian parliamentarian said, explaining how Iranian security forces thwart terrorists linked to the group from wreaking havoc inside the country.

Zarif says terrorism is terrorism, rejects good, bad debate
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned of the scourge of terrorism in the region, underscoring that Tehran is against sorting terrorists into “good or bad” ones.

‘Coup attempt shows Turkey should change position on Syria’
Akram al-Kaabi, the secretary general of Harakat al Nujaba, said on Monday that the coup attempt in Turkey showed that the country should change its position on Syria.