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Leader: US lifted sanctions only on paper
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the US has resorted to �deception� to obstruct international trade with Iran despite a nuclear agreement.

President Park prioritizes peoples� proximity
South Korean President Park Geun-hye will pay a state visit to Iran from May 1 to 3 to meet President Hassan Rouhani and initiate discussions with Iran on wide-ranging issues such as cooperation in the energy and engineering sectors, people-to-people exchanges and cultural relations, her office said on April 18.

Iran, Belgium discuss economic ties, anti-terror fight
Iranian parliament speaker on Wednesday hailed as �very constructive and positive� talks with visiting parliamentary delegation from Belgium, saying both sides discussed greater cooperation in various areas including parliamentary ties.

 
Trump, Clinton wins solidify movement toward nomination
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton rapidly turned their fire on each other with an eye toward November�s presidential election after rolling up strong wins in Northeastern states.

 
Israeli forces kill Palestinian woman, brother
Israeli police shot dead a Palestinian woman and her teenage brother on Wednesday, claiming they were armed with knives and tried to carry out an attack at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank.

 
President: US seizure of Iran�s assets �blatant robbery
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani condemned the US government for its recent decision to seize nearly $2 billion of the Central Bank of Iran�s assets, describing the move as �a blatant robbery�.

Minister: No one can stop Iran from boosting defense power
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said no power can stop the country from continuing to improve its defense capabilities.

 
Three Iranian forces martyred; gunmen killed
Three Iranian police forces Tuesday were martyred in an attack carried out by armed gangs in the southeastern part of the country.

 
Iran, China warn against foreign intervention in Syria
Iran and China warned against any foreign intervention in Syria, stressing that the future of the war-hit country must be decided only by its people.

 
Tehran Times
 
Leader: U.S. deception keeping businesses away from Iran
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the United States is scaring businesses away from Iran despite the fact that the nuclear deal had lifted fi- nancial sanctions on the Islamic Republic.

 
U.S. asset seizure is a �big legal scandal�: Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the seizure of 2$ billion from Iranian assets by the U.S. is an �open theft� and �big legal scandal�.

 
Over 1,700 companies to attend Iran Oil Show
Tehran will host 1,787 domestic and foreign companies in the 21st International Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition of Iran (Iran Oil Show 2016), which will be held from May 5 to 8, said an official with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).

 
69 seats up for grabs in runoff parliamentary election
Iran�s parliamentary election is not off the media�s radar screen. Twenty one provinces in the country will be casting their ballots on Friday in a run-off parliamentary election that could establish a new balance between reformists and principlists, as two arch rivals in the country.

 
Saving Iran�s precious Lake Urmia
Many of Iran�s once flourishing wetlands have dried dramatically in recent years. Lake Urmia in particular, the sixth largest salt lake in the world and a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, is dangerously receding and threatens to vanish entirely.

 
Intl. distributors to display books from about 6000 publishers at Tehran fair
Forty six distributors will be offering books by about 6000 world publishers at the 29th Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) this year including over 160,000 books in the English and Arabic languages published within the past three years.

 
236 businesspeople to follow Park to Iran
South Korean President Park Geun-hye will be accompanied by 236 business people, the largest-ever business delegation, on her state visit to Iran.

 
Top Belgian, Iranian legislators say banking ties essential for economic ties
On Wednesday, Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani held talks with President of the Belgium�s Senate Christine Defraigne during which the two sides said banking transactions are necessary for economic ties.

 
Iran and China insist on the need to fight terrorism in Syria
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and China�s Special Envoy for Syria Xie Xiaoyan highlighted on Tuesday the necessity of serious fight against terrorism in Syria.

 
Iran, Uruguay condemn all forms of extremism
Iran and Uruguay issued a joint statement on Wednesday condemning all forms of extremism that threaten the international peace and security.

 
Parliament speaker hopeful: Massive turnout has global resonance
Mohammad Reza Aref, a moderate reformer who topped the list of 30 winners in Tehran in the race for the parliament in February, said on Wednesday that massive turnout in the runoff elections has global resonance, laying the ground for refurbishing the country.