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Zarif: US addicted to sanctions, but Iran can weather them
Iran�s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Sunday the United States is addicted to sanctions, but the Iranians can pass through the current �critical� stage with national unity.

 
Merkel�s conservatives hit 12-year low in German poll
Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel�s conservative bloc, trying to move beyond a bitter dispute over migrant policy that threatened the coalition, has fallen to its lowest level since 2006, a poll showed on Sunday.

 
Turkey�s Erdogan warns US over sanctions threat
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the US in comments published Sunday that sanctions would not force Ankara to �step back� after Donald Trump threatened to punish Turkey if a US pastor was not freed.

 
Iran sets sights on world volleyball title, U20 coach says
Iran�s head coach Behrouz Ataei said his team has now set its sights on the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Men�s U21 World Championship after claiming the title at the 2018 Asian Men�s U20 Volleyball Championship in Bahrain.

 
Oman reportedly trying to reduce Iran-US tensions
Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah�s recent trip to Washington and his meeting with US Secretary of Defense James Mattis were aimed at reducing tensions between Iran and the US, Al Arab Newspaper reported.

 
Iran currency at record low
Iran�s currency plunged to another record low on Sunday, dropping past 100,000 rials to the US dollar following US decision to reimpose sanctions against Tehran after unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal in May.

 
Iranian, French diplomats discuss Syria
Iranian foreign minister�s special assistant for political affairs, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, and the outgoing French Ambassador to Iran Francois Senemaud discussed the latest efforts to politically resolve the protracted war in Syria.

 
Quake in western Iran injures 20
An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale hit the western city of Kouhdasht in Lorestan Province on Sunday.

 
Iran police attend Int�l Army Games in Armenia
A team from the Iranian Police Force is in Armenia to take part in the International Army Games 2018, being jointly hosted by seven countries.

 
Tehran Times
 
Iran, Syria to ink MOU on strategic economic co-op
Tehran and Damascus are going to sign a memorandum of� understanding (MOU) for strategic economic cooperation in near future aiming at developing trade ties between the two sides, the portal of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) reported.

 
Students protest IAEA inspections of universities
Iranian students held rallies on Sunday to protest inspection of universities by the International Atomic energy Agency and a possible inspection of Shahid Beheshti University in future.

 
Iran exports medical equipment to 55 countries
Some 105 medical equipment produced by 23 Iranian companies are exported to 55 countries across the world, Reza Masaeli, an advisor to the health minister said on Sunday.

 
Iraqi PM sacks electricity minister, 5 election officials
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has sacked his minister of electricity and five election officials following weeks of protests against corruption and chronic power outages.

 
Western support for Israeli settlements is a shameful act
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has just approved the construction of another 400 settlement homes on occupied Palestinian lands.

 
Boccia players prepare for Asian Para Games
Boccia players are training in the Iran Sports Federation for the Disabled for the 2018 Asian para Games in Indonesia. Boccia is a precision ball sport and became
a Paralympic sport in 1984.

 
Tehran can make Washington quit addiction to sanctions, Zarif says
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad� Javad Zarif said on Sunday that the U.S. is addicted to imposing sanctions, and Iran can show Washington that is
should quit this addiction.

 
New evidence proves Trump�s close ties with MKO terrorists
The U.S. Department of Justice has released some new documents, indicating close ties between President Donald Trump�s inner circle and Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO or MEK), an anti-Iran terrorist group which was taken off the U.S. terrorist organizations list in 2009.

 
More than half of Americans oppose U.S. declaring war on Iran � poll
The majority of Americans would prefer to stay away from military conflict with Iran as tensions mount between Washington and Tehran, a poll has revealed.

 
Sherman: Trump not understanding that Iran won�t surrender
Wendy Sherman, the former undersecretary of state for political affairs who led the U.S. negotiating team that concluded the Iran nuclear agreement, says� President Trump does not understand that �Iran has a culture of resistance that equates giving in to those kinds of public threats as surrender, and
they won�t surrender.�

 
Corrupt tycoon arrested near border crossing
Shahram Jazayeri, an Iranian tycoon who spent several years of his life in jail for being involved in a high-profile corruption case, has been arrested near the Bazargan border crossing in West Azarbaijan Province while trying to flee across the border, an official said.

 
French Syria envoy meets Iran�s Jaberi Ansari
Francois Senemaud, the French president�s special envoy on Syria, sat down for talks on Saturday with Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior assistant to the Iranian� foreign minister.