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Wednesday 12 April 2017 - 09:36
Story Code : 256826

Iran English language newspaper headlines on Wednesday, 12-04-2017

Iran Daily


Registration opens for presidential elections
Volunteers from across Iran started registering to contest the countrys 12th presidential elections on Tuesday.

Baghdad: Daesh has lost most territory in Iraq
Daesh terrorist group has lost most of the territory it had held in Iraq since 2014, an Iraqi military spokesman said on Tuesday.

President: Improving ties with neighbors top priority
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that improvement of relations with the neighboring countries, particularly Russia, Azerbaijan Republic and the Caspian Sea littoral states, is a top priority of his administration.

Suspect in Stockholm truck attack admits terrorist crime
A failed asylum-seeker accused of ramming a truck into a Stockholm crowd last week, killing four people, has confessed to committing a terrorist crime, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

North Korea says it will defend itself against US aggression
North Korea warned it would defend itself against reckless acts of aggression after the US deployed an aircraft carrier strike group toward the Korean peninsula.

Leader calls for halt to unnecessary imports
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that unnecessary imports which have caused shutdown of factories in the country should be halted.

Iran lobbying world for Syria chemical attack investigation
Irans Foreign Ministry has been promoting a proposal by President Hassan Rouhani for an international, impartial investigation into accusations of a chemical attack in northwestern Syria.

IRGC local commander assassinated in southeast Iran
A commander with Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) reportedly was assassinated by two terrorists in the countrys southeast.

Zarif condemns Egypt terrorist attacks
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned recent terrorist attacks on two Coptic Christian churches in Egypt late on Monday.


Tehran Times


Fajr festival unveils official selection lineup
Fajr International Film Festival secretary Reza Mirkarimi has announced the lineup for Cinema Salvation, the official competition of the 35th edition of Irans most important event in film industry.

Iran to receive 4 ATR airplanes by late April
Irans national flag-carrier airline Iran Air has signed a contract to buy 20 ATR 72-600 from the French-Italian aircraft manufacturer and four planes of the kind will be delivered to the country in 15 days, Deputy Transport Minister Asghar Fakhrieh Kashan announced on Monday.

Rouhani: Further U.S. strikes on Syria very dangerous
President Hassan Rouhani warned on Monday that further U.S. strikes on Syria could push the region into a very dangerous situation, according to Press TV.

Saudis eager to develop nuclear program to keep pace with Iran: ex-CIA analyst
Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, says Saudi Arabia has been eager to keep pace with Iran in developing nuclear program.

G7 push to resolve Syrian crisis
The United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says there is no place for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in any future government for the country.

G-7 seeks Irans help to stabilize Middle East
The Group of Seven foreign ministers who met in the Italian city of Lucca on Tuesday urged Iran to help end the conflicts in the Middle politically, IRNA reported.

Womens alpine skiing held in Dizin
Fars Province finished in first place in the Irans womens alpine skiing held in Dizin resort on Monday.

Zarif pushes for global investigation of chemical attack in Syria
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held phone conversations on Tuesday with a number of senior international and political officials, urging them to help form a fact- finding committee to investigate alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria.

Irans Larijani condemns terrorist bombings in Egypt
Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani on Monday condemned twin terrorist bombings targeting two Coptic Christian churches in Egypt.

Registration opens for presidential election
Iran opened registration for the May 19 presidential elections on Tuesday with more than 100 enrolling so far on the first day of candidate registration.
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