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Iran: Aviation giants to fund plane purchases
Iran’s aviation officials played down speculations that the administration of US President Donald Trump would block sales of planes to the country and say they expect purchases to move ahead faster because mechanisms to fund the campaigns are being worked out by plane-makers, themselves.

 
Bombers attack church in Pakistan; eight dead
A suicide bomb attack on a Pakistan church claimed by the Daesh terror group killed at least eight people and wounded 30 during a service on Sunday, just over a week before Christmas.

 
Thousands flee as wildfire ‘beast’ grows to California’s third-largest
A raging California wildfire powered by fierce winds grew into the third-largest in state history on Saturday as forced evacuations turned neighborhoods into ghost towns and ash fell in some areas like heavy snow.

 
Key oil players presented Azadegan plans: Official
Several leading oil and gas players have submitted the results of their studies over the development of one of its biggest oil prospects – Azadegan oilfield.

 
UNSC weighs measure rejecting US Beit-ul-Moqaddas bid

The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution affirming that any change to the status of Beit-ul-Moqaddas has no legal effect and must be reversed, in response to the US decision to recognize the city as Israel’s capital.


Heavy air pollution shuts schools in Iran
Iran shut primary schools in the capital and other parts of the country on Sunday due to choking levels of air pollution.

 
Iranian FM, Nakhchivan Assembly speaker discuss ties
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a meeting with the Chairman of the Supreme Assembly of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Vasif Talibov, announced Tehran’s readiness to bolster mutual relations in all fields.

 
Iran to host PUOICM emergency meeting on Palestine today
The Palestinian Committee of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Member States (PUOICM) plans to hold an emergency meeting in the Iranian capital Tehran today.

 
Velayati: US envoy’s Iran missile claim ridiculous
A senior Iranian official dismissed as “baseless and ridiculous” the recent US claim about Iran providing weapons to Yemen’s Houthi movement, saying even international experts mock the accusation.

 
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France should not blindly follow U.S., says Velayati
Ali Akbar Velayati, a top advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, criticized on Sunday French President Emmanuel Macron over his tough stance toward Tehran, saying he should not blindly follow the U.S.

 
Militants attack church in Pakistan, kill 9
A militant attack on a church in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta has left nine people dead and more than 40 others wounded.

 
Airplane delivery to Iran to continue: Iran Air CEO
Iran Air CEO denies a circulating rumor that foreign aircraft manufacturers have stopped delivering Iran its ordered airplanes, ISNA reported on Sunday.

 
Erdogan: Turkey aims to open embassy in East al-Quds
Turkey intends to open an embassy in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, days after leading calls at a summit of Muslim leaders for the world to recognize it as the capital of Palestine.

 
Horse-riding in Bojnord City
The horse-riding competition was held in Bojnord City, the capital of North Khorasan Province on Friday.

 
Iran set to host emergency meeting on Palestine
The Palestine Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is scheduled to hold an extraordinary conference in Tehran on Monday with the attendance of  parliament speakers of Iran, Mali and Iraq, IRNA reported.

 
IRGC: Yemen had been equipped with Soviet, N. Korean missiles
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on Sunday condemned recent anti-Iran allegations by the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, saying Yemeni missiles  have nothing to do with Iran.

 
French FM to discuss Iran in Washington as Paris hosts MKO meeting
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was scheduled to visit Washington on Monday to discuss issues surrounding Iran.

 
Iran to file complaint to UN against U.S. missile claim
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that Tehran will file a complaint to the UN against U.S. over claims that Iran has supplied missiles to  Houthi rebels in Yemen.

 
‘Foolish’ Trump should not be allowed to sink nuclear deal, Frank Von Hippel says
Frank Von Hippel, the former assistant director for national security in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, has called the 2015 nuclear deal a “very constructive agreement”.