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Turkey denounces US sanctions, seeking new trade mechanisms with Iran
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday Turkey is looking into establishing new trade mechanisms with Iran, like the INSTEX system set up by European countries to avoid sanctions the US reimposed on Iran last year.

 
Leader: Region would face unclear fate ?if Iran military did not counter Daesh
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Wednesday the region would have been facing an unclear fate had it not been for the Iranian Armed Forces’ efforts against Daesh terrorists.

 
Sudan’s Bashir moved to prison as protesters rally
Sudan’s military rulers have transferred ousted president Omar al-Bashir to prison, a family source said Wednesday, as demonstrators keep up their sit-in outside the army complex calling for a swift transfer to civilian government.

 
Rouhani:Reconstruction of flood-hit areas begins
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said reconstruction in the flood-hit areas began on Wednesday, assuring the affected people in these areas of compensation for their losses.

 
Iraq rejects US claim about IRGC role in its economy
Iraq resolutely refuted a recent US claim that Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) plays a part in the Arab country’s economic affairs, saying Washington is lying about the role of the elite military force, which in fact helped the Baghdad government defeat the terror group Daesh.

 
Iran censures Instagram for blocking officials, commanders’ accounts
Iran’s Minister of Communication and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi deplored Instagram’s move to delete the accounts of several commanders of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and Iranian authorities on Tuesday.

 
Iran: It’s US that should change in nature
Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Washington’s misbehavior and “unlawful” measures have led to growing calls on the world stage for a change in the US regime’s nature.

 
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Over $1.6b to be allocated for flood compensation
Head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization Mohammad Baqer Nobakht announced on Wednesday that at least 70 trillion rials (about $1.66 billion)
is going to be allocated for compensating losses incurred to those who have been affected by recent floods in the country.

 
Trump administration ignoring international law, Zarif says
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that the Donald Trump government is ignoring international law.

 
Trump vetoes resolution on ending U.S. involvement in Yemen war
U.S. President Donald Trump has vetoed a congressional resolution to end American support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has so far claimed thousands of innocent lives and left the impoverished nation struggling with the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world.

 
New government formation in West Bank is great betrayal: al-Zahar
Co-founder of Hamas and member of the Hamas leadership Mahmoud al-Zahar stressed that the Palestinian Authority doesn’t belong to the Palestinian people  and also does not represent them.

 
Trump’s decisions only in favor of Israel: Syrian FM
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem condemned a recent decision by US President Donald Trump to blacklist Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and said Trump takes decisions only in favor of the Israeli regime.

 
‘Sanctions aimed at bringing Iran to negotiating table with U.S.’
The former Iranian ambassador to Norway and Hungary Abdulreza Farajirad has said that the US sanctions are aimed at bringing Iran to the negotiating table with the United States once again.

 
Iraqi prime minister makes first visit to Saudi Arabia
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has arrived in Saudi Arabia for his first visit since assuming the post six months ago.

 
Halparke Festival opens in Baneh
A group of revelers perform during the opening of the 3rd Halparke Festival in the northwestern Iranian town of Baneh, Kordestan Province, on April 16, 2019.

 
Leader hails Army-IRGC brotherhood vs. U.S. ‘ugly move’
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday hailed the gesture of brotherhood shown by the Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a “beautiful move” against the United States’ “ugly move”.

 
Iran, Oman to hold joint military drills
Iran’s ambassador to Muscat, Mohammad Reza Nouri Shahroudi, said on Tuesday that Iran and Oman will hold joint military drills in upcoming days.

 
It is the U.S. regime which should change its nature: Iran
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday that it is the U.S. regime which must change its nature and not Iran.

 
Rouhani: Floods in Iran proved ‘worst historic test’ for U.S.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the recent devastating floods in Iran have proven the “worst historic test” for the Trump administration.

 
Zarif urges counterparts to stand against U.S. ‘provocative’ move on IRGC
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a letter to his  counterparts all around the world, called every government to adopt a principled, accurate and lawful stance against the United States’ recent measure against part of Iran’s armed forces, the Foreign Ministry reported on Wednesday.