Iran Daily

Rouhani: Iran leaves door open for diplomacy

President Hassan Rouhani has told France’s presidential envoy that Iran has left the door open for diplomacy on the 2015 nuclear deal.

Parliament speaker: Anti-Hezbollah sanctions ‘aggression’ on Lebanon

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri condemned Wednesday sanctions imposed the day before by the United States against three Hezbollah officials, including two lawmakers, calling them an “aggression” against Lebanon.

Rouhani warns Britain about ‘consequences’ of Iranian tanker seizure

President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday Britain would face “consequences” over the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker.

Report: Abe eyes another meeting with Rouhani in September

Japan’s Prime Minister Abe Shinzo is considering holding talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani when he visits New York in September to attend a UN General Assembly session, government sources said on Wednesday.

Tehran Times

DRO, domestic companies ink MOU on 10m-ton steel project

Iran’s Industrial Develop-ment and Renovation Organization (IDRO) signed a memorandum of understanding with a consortium of seven domestic com-panies on production of 10 million tons of steel in Persian Gulf MiningandMetalIn-dustriesSpecial Economic Zone (PGSEZ) in the southern province of Hormozgan.

Iranian biopharmaceutical medicines treat patients in Russia, Turkey: VP

Now patients in Russia, Tur-key and other countries in the region are treated with biopharmaceutical medicines produced by Iranian companies, the vice president for science and technology said, Mehr reported on Wednesday.

U.S. says remains open to talks with Iran

The United States said on Wednesday Iran’s breaches of its nuclear deal are an attempt at extortion, while at the same time repeating that Washington is open to talks.

U.S. bans on Hezbollah MPs assault on all of Lebanon: Berri

Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has denounced American sanctions on law-makers from the Hezbollah resistance movement as an “assault” against not only the parliament but the entire Lebanese nation.

Nigeria police kill two Zakzaky supporters: Islamic group

Police in Nigeria have killed two supporters of jailed Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibra-him al-Zakzaky,who were demanding his release in the capital, Abuja, according to the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), an organization that he heads.

Animation, puppet festival underway in Kermanshah

A group students performs a puppet show during the opening ceremony of the 2nd Iran Animation and TV Puppet Show Festival in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah on July 9, 2019.

Rouhani says U.S. call for UN nuclear watchdog meeting is ‘farcical’

Iranian President Hassan Rou-hani said on Wednesday that the U.S. call for an emergency meeting of the UN atom-ic watchdog on Iran’s nuclear actions is a “farcical story”.

Shamkhani: Reducing nuclear commitments ‘unchangeable strategy’

Ali Sham-khani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said on Wednesday that Tehran’s moves in reducing its nuclear commitments “phase by phase” in retaliation to the return of sanctions is an “un-changeable strategy”.

Zarif: ‘Negotiation under pressure is impossible’

On repeated U.S. calls for negotiations with Iran, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that Iran will not negotiate under pressure, suggesting that the United States must first stop “economic terrorism” against Iran if it seeks negotiations.

Iran says U.S. has close cooperation with MKO

Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations said on Tuesday that the U.S. has close cooperation with the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO or MEK) in order to harm Iran.