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Thousands head home in south Syria after cease-fire deal
Thousands of displaced Syrians were heading home Saturday after the government and terrorists reached a cease-fire deal in the south following more than two weeks of clashes, a monitor said.

Zanganeh: Trump�s order to OPEC insulting
Iran�s oil minister on Saturday accused US President Donald Trump of insulting OPEC by ordering it to increase production and reduce prices, adding that Iranian output and exports had not changed as a result of US pressure.

At least 49 killed, 48 missing as torrential rain pounds Japan
Forty nine people have been killed and 48 are unaccounted for in western and central Japan as torrential rain pounds the area, public broadcaster NHK said on Saturday, with more than 1.6 million evacuated from their homes.

Russia: Trade with Iran will not depend on US �whim�
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday that other parties to Iran�s 2015 nuclear deal had agreed to work out ways of trading with Iran independently of the United States� �whim�.

China says free trade must be upheld
Free trade and international cooperation must be upheld to avoid slowing down the global economy, the Chinese premier told peers from central and eastern Europe Saturday.

Rouhani:Realization of Iran-Europe economic cooperation needs practical steps
President Hassan Rouhani said that European countries have the political will to continue economic cooperation with Iran based on the nuclear agreement.

Eight Daesh terrorists executed in Tehran
Eight members of the Daesh terrorist group who were involved in deadly attacks in Tehran last year were executed.

Spokesman: Iran�s missile program poses no threat to other nations
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi reacted to remarks by the French foreign minister about Iran missile program, saying that the country�s missile program is solely for defensive purposes.

Bank of America: If US gets its way with Iran, oil could spike to $120
The US is demanding zero purchases of Iranian oil by November, and if that were possible, oil could spike above $120 per barrel, given global crude supplies, says Bank of America Merrill Lynch, according to CNBC.

 

Tehran Times

S. Korea rejects halt in loading Iran�s oil
South Korean embassy in Tehran rejected that its country has stopped loading Iranian oil and gas condensate by its tankers in July, IRNA reported on Saturday.

Eight Daesh members executed over 2017 attacks in Tehran
On Saturday, Iran executed eight members of Daesh (ISIL) over attacks on the Iranian parliament and the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini in 2017.

Zarif dismisses �green card� claims in nuclear talks
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has dismissed as baseless claims that the Obama administration granted citizenship to 2,500 Iranians during the nuclear negotiations that led to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA.

�Deal of the Century�, the dream that will not be interpreted
The plan that allegedly brings an end to the 70-year-old Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been dubbed the �deal of the century�.

15th consecutive Friday of the �Great March of Return�
Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza Strip are continuing �Great March of Return�.

Senior-level meeting on economy
The Supreme Council for Economic Coordination held its fourth meeting on Saturday at the seat of the president to mull ways to counter the looming U.S. sanctions against Iran.

Tehran criticizes French FM�s anti-Iran remarks, says missile program solely defensive
Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has criticized French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian�s anti-Iran remarks, saying �short-sighted political interests� should not lead the French government to distort Iran�s constructive policies in the region.

UN appoints special rapporteur on Iran�s human rights
Javid Rehman, a British-Pakistani legal scholar, has been appointed as UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran.

EU efforts to preserve nuclear deal is a battle to save world order: Lobelog
In an article published on Friday, Lobelog said the efforts being made by the European Union to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal are actually a �battle to save� the world order.

Iran, Austria have proved that �diplomacy works�, FM says
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who had accompanied President Hassan Rouhani during a visit to Austria said on Wednesday that Tehran and Vienna have �proved that diplomacy works�.