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Turkey ‘won’t abide by US sanctions on Iran’
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu described Washington’s sanctions against Iran as inappropriate, saying Ankara has told US officials that it will not abide by the bans.

Military chief: Trump wishful thinking will never be realized
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hit back on at threats from US President Donald Trump on Twitter, warning him to “BE CAUTIOUS!”

US judge orders return of ancient limestone relief to Iran
A New York Supreme Court judge ordered a Persian bas-relief dating to approximately 500 BCE to be returned to Iran, the country from which authorities say it was stolen more than 80 years ago.

Wildfires kill at least 60 near Greek capital
Wildfires sweeping through a Greek resort town killed at least 60 people, officials said, including families with children found clasped in a last embrace as they tried to flee the flames.

Israel hits Syrian fighter jet
The Israeli military hit a Syrian fighter jet over the Golan Heights as it was flying in Syria’s airspace and conducting airstrikes against the positions of foreign-sponsored terrorists in the occupied territories, Syria’s state news agency said.

Iran condemns US support for MKO terrorists
The permanent representative of Iran to the United Nations called for a halt to US policies to support anti-Iran terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), IRNA reported.

Qassemi: US trying to damage Iran’s relations with world
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said the United States is trying to undermine Tehran’s relations with the international community and foment Iranophobia.

Prosecutor: 330 found guilty in Tehran riots
A court in Tehran ruled that 330 people were guilty in the riots which happened in the capital in February, said a judiciary official on Tuesday.

Iran unveils three new homegrown medicines
Iranian Health Minister Seyyed Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi unveiled three new domestically made medicines: two blood glucose-lowering drugs and a new type of antihistamine.

Indian warship docks at Iran’s Bandar Abbas port
An Indian warship docked at Iran’s southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Tuesday for a three-day visit.

Tehran Times

Iran able to ‘adopt any strategy’ in Strait of Hormuz: military chief
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Baqeri issued a statement on Tuesday saying Iran is capable of adopting “any strategy” in the strategic Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf region.

Judiciary says trade official arrested over car import violation
The Iranian Judiciary announced on Tuesday that director of the Trade Promotion Organization and his deputy have been arrested over violating the rules governing import of cars.

Iran moves up in UN E-Government Development Index
Iran moves 20 notches up to rank 86 among 193 countries in the United Nations E-Government Development Index (EGDI 2018) in comparison with EGDI 2017, UN website announced on Saturday.

Trump is looking for new alliances: Almut Moller
Commenting on the necessity of a right balanced engagement between Russia and the EU, Almut Moller, head of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) in Berlin, says Donald Trump is “looking for new alliances”.

Iran pays the biggest price in the fight against drugs: UNODC
Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to the Islamic Republic of Iran says that Tehran pays the highest price in the battle against drug traffickers.

Davud Azad band stages Persian mystical music in Tehran
Vocalist and se-tar virtuoso Davud Azad (R) and his group perform a selection of their mystical songs at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on July 23, 2018.

Zarif to Trump: BE CAUTIOUS!
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif late on Monday warned U.S. President Donald Trump to “BE CAUTIOUS” after a day earlier Trump threatened that Iran “will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered.”

‘EU package should guarantee Iran’s interests’
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has said that any economic package by the European Union, Russia and China should “guarantee Iran’s interests” if the 2015 nuclear agreement is going to continue to exist.

VP Jahangiri: U.S. has launched economic war on Iran
The first vice president said on Tuesday that the United States has launched an economic war on the
Islamic Republic.