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Kerry: World closer to Iran nuclear deal
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry held another meeting to bridge the gap over.

Nepal quake death toll crosses 5,000
Hungry and desperate villagers rushed towards relief helicopters in remote areas of Nepal on Tuesday, begging to be airlifted to safety, four days after a monster earthquake killed more than 5,000 people.

Baltimore burns; state of emergency issued
Riot police stood guard on the smoldering streets of the US city of Baltimore Tuesday after protesters incensed by the death of a young black man in police custody went on the rampage, torching cars and buildings and looting stores.

Syrian defense minister in Tehran
Syria�s Defense Minister Lieutenant General Fahd Jasim al-Furayj, heading a high-ranking defense delegation, arrived in Tehran on Tuesday.

President: Anti-Iran sanctions regime collapsing
President Hassan Rouhani said the sanctions regime put in place against the Islamic Republic is collapsing.

Zarif meets Amano, foreign counterparts
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano.

Navy foils pirate attacks on oil tankers
The Iranian naval forces have protected two of the country�s oil tankers from pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden over the past 48 hours.

Bavar-373 air defense system ready next March
Iran�s domestically-built Bavar-373 air defense system would be ready for deployment by the end of the current Iranian year (March 19, 2016).

 
Tehran Times

Key to solving economic problems is in Iran: Leader
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the �key� to solve economic problems is not in Lausanne, Geneva or New York, but inside the country.

UN resolutions against Iran will be revoked: Rouhani
Through adoption of logical approaches Iran will finally succeed to get UN sanctions resolutions against itself annulled, President Hassan Rouhani told a gathering of well-wishers in the city of Shiraz on Wednesday.

 
�Direct aggression�: Syria accuses Turkey of helping militants
Syria�s foreign ministry accused Turkey of providing �logistical and fire support� that empowered �terrorist groups� to capture the Syrian city of Idlib and the strategic town of Jisr al-Shughour (Jisr ash-Shugur).

Iran is committed to freedom of navigation in Persian Gulf: Zarif
Iran�s foreign minister on Wednesday offered assurances that Tehran is committed to maintaining freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf in the aftermath of the seizure of a commercial ship by Iranian forces a day earlier.

Baltimore hit by clashes for second night
Demonstrators and police clashed briefly in a second night of protests in the U.S. city of Baltimore, where a curfew has been imposed to quell rioting triggered by the death of a black man in police custody.

Saudi king resets succession to cope with turbulent times
Saudi King Salman appointed a new heir and made his young son second in line to rule on Wednesday, a major shift in power within the ultra conservative Saudi elite at a time of almost unprecedented regional turmoil.

Saudi Arabia has lost status in Islamic world: Iran
Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, has said that Saudi Arabia has lost its status in the Islamic world by killing innocent people in Yemen.

EU says Iran could play major role in Syria talks
Iran could play a major role in the Syria peace talks by pressing President Bashar Assad�s government to participate in a transition process, the European Union�s foreign policy chief said Tuesday.

Senate rejects bid to toughen Iran nuclear review bill
The U.S. Senate rejected an effort on Tuesday to require any nuclear agreement with Iran to be considered an international treaty, which would have forced any deal to be ratified by two-thirds of the Senate�s 100 members.

 
Commander of Iranian fleet rejects U.S. navy allegations about Gulf of Aden confrontation
Commander of the Iranian Navy�s 34th fleet Commodore Mostafa Tajeddini dismissed Pentagon and U.S. media reports that his warships were made to change their route in the Gulf of Aden after receiving warnings from the U.S. navy ships present in the region.