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South Korea’s Iranian oil imports rise over 40% in Aug.
South Korea’s imports of Iranian crude oil increased 40.2 percent in August from the same month a year earlier, with its refiners snapping up competitively priced cargoes from the Middle Eastern nation.

Trump signals he will choose approach on Iran that preserves nuclear deal
President Trump kept the Iran nuclear deal alive on Thursday as a critical deadline lapsed, a sign that he is stepping back from his threat to abandon an agreement he repeatedly disparaged. He is moving instead to push back on Iran’s ambitions in the Middle East in other ways.

US extends Iran sanctions relief under nuclear deal
The United States on Thursday extended sanctions relief for Iran under the 2015 nuclear deal, the State Department said.

Yemeni Houthi leader threatens to target UAE with missiles
The head of Yemen’s Houthis threatened Thursday to fire missiles at the United Arab Emirates and to attack Saudi tankers in the Red Sea.

North Korea fires missile over Japan
North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan and into the Pacific Friday, responding to new UN sanctions with what appeared to be its furthest-ever missile flight amid high tensions over its weapons programs.

Norwegian company in talks to boost Iran’s solar power
Norway’s Scatec Solar is in talks to build its first solar power plants in Iran, its chief executive told Reuters, joining a wave of foreign energy firms looking to invest in the oil major.

Arms control experts urge Trump to honor Iran nuclear deal
Alarmed that President Trump may soon take steps that could unravel the international nuclear agreement with Iran, more than 80 disarmament experts urged him on Wednesday to reconsider and said the accord was working.

Iran, Turkey warn of dangerous consequences of Kurdish referendum
Ahead of a controversial referendum in Iraq’s Kurdistan, the military chiefs of Iran and Turkey warned of dangerous consequences of the move on the possible secession of region.

Iran, Russia, Turkey agree on new de-escalation zone in Syria
Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed to deploy observers on the edge of a de-escalation zone in northern Syria’s Idlib region, which is largely controlled by militants, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

Syrian president thanks Iran for its role in Deir ez-Zor victories
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a message to Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei thanked the country for its role in breaking the siege of Deir ez-Zor city, a Daesh stronghold in eastern Syria.

 

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Zarif: Rewriting nuclear deal is ‘pure fantasy’
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, said on Thursday that renegotiating the July 2015 nuclear agreement, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is just a “pure fantasy”.

More than 80 people killed in Iraq’s twin attacks, including 10 Iranians
Iraqi security and medical sources said more than 80 people, including 10 Iranians, have lost their lives in twin gun and car bomb attacks striking the country’s southern province of Dhi Qar.

Iran secures $10 billion Chinese funding
China’s CITIC Trust signed a 10-billion-dollar deal with five Iranian banks on Thursday to fund development and production projects in Iran, the official website of Central Bank of
Iran (CBI) reported.

Trump not a normal president with a set ideology: Robert Jervis
Robert Jervis, a professor of international politics at Columbia University, says U.S. President Donald Trump is not a “normal president with a set ideology.

Leaked UAE emails: Saudi Arabia came close to ‘conquering’ Qatar
Saudi Arabia came close to “conquering” Qatar, according to a recent email purportedly
sent by the Emirati ambassador to the United States, Yousef al-Otaiba.

Middle East Rally Championship held in Fars Province
The fifth edition of the Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) was held in Fars Province, southern Iran.

Shamkhani: Issue of Iran military sites is closed
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani has said the issue of access to Iran’s military sites is a “closed dossier”, noting Iran will respond to U.S. “counter-constructive behavior”.

U.S. extends some Iran sanctions relief, adds other sanctions
The U.S. on Thursday extended some sanctions relief for Iran under the 2015 nuclear deal but said it has yet to decide whether to preserve the deal itself, the State Department said.

Russia, Turkey, Iran agree on Idlib safe zone in Syria
Russia, Turkey and Iran have agreed on all four safe zones in Syria, including on the Idlib de-escalation area, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry confirmed after a joint statement on Friday, Sputnik reported.

Iran a partner in Syrian victory, Assad writes to Ayatollah Khamenei
Syrian President Bashar Assad has sent a letter to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei thanking him and congratulating the Iranian nation on recent victories in Dayr al-Zawr.