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Zarif: Iran seeks good ties with neighbors
Good ties with neighbors is Iran� priority, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday a day after he shook hands with his Saudi counterpart on the sidelines of a conference in Turkey.

 
Taliban bomber attacks NATO convoy in Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle filled with explosives into a convoy of foreign forces in Afghanistan�s restive southern province of Kandahar causing casualties Wednesday, officials said.

 
Thousands sent back to Syria under Hezbollah deal
Buses carrying Syrians, including terrorists and their families and refugees, left camps in a Lebanese border area bound for a terrorist-held part of Syria on Wednesday under a truce deal between Lebanon�s resistance movement Hezbollah and the Nusra Front terror group, a security source and Hezbollah TV said.

 
Russia seizes US compound in Moscow in retaliation for sanctions
Russian authorities on Wednesday took over a summer-house compound in Moscow leased by the US Embassy, five days after the Kremlin ordered Washington to slash its diplomatic presence in Russia.

 
Major changes in Rouhani�s new cabinet
Several key members of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani�s new cabinet was disclosed, indicating a number of current ministers staying in office.

 
Tillerson says he and Trump disagree over Iran nuclear deal
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledged on Tuesday that he and President Donald Trump disagree over the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, and said the two men discuss how to use the international agreement to advance administration policies.

 
Shamkhani: Nuclear deal has not reduced US enmity toward Iran
Secretary of Iran�s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said the nuclear agreement has not reduced US enmity toward the Iranian nation, noting that one of the reasons behind Washington�s disappointment at the current status quo is its failure to change Iran�s principal regional policies under the post-nuclear deal circumstances.

 
Nasrallah warns of plots to normalize Israel ties
The secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah cautioned against the consequences of attempts to establish normal ties with the Israeli regime, describing the recent flare-up of tensions in Beit-ul-Moqaddas as a result of such attempts.

 
Handshake �opening point� for initiation of Riyadh-Tehran talks
A handshake between Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir on the sidelines of an OIC emergency meeting in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Tuesday, hit the headlines of many domestic and foreign media.

 
Iran, Russia, Iraq continue talks on ME developments, crises
Iran, Russia and Iraq continued discussions about the latest situation and developments in the Middle East as well as the crises in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday.

Tehran Times
 
Rouhani receives Leader�s authorization for second term
In a ceremony today, HassanRouhani is to be authorized as president for a second term by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution. The ceremony, which will beheld at the Imam Khomeini Hussainia in Tehran, will be attended by the Parliament speaker, Judiciary chief and other senior military and governmental dignitaries.

 
Qatar�s defense minister: Future of PGCC in doubt
Qatar�s defense minister has said that the future of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) could be in doubt if the House of Saud regime-led group continues its partial blockade on Qatar.

 
Tillerson admits �differences� with Trump on nuclear deal
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson acknowledged on Tuesday he and President Trump�have differences� on the nuclear deal with Iran, but claimed the Islamic republic was violating the spirit of the agreement with its activities.

 
Ex-Swedish PM: Trump causes Europe meltdown if he blows up Iran deal
Writing in the Washington Post, Carl Bildt, the former Swedish prime minister, has warned if U.S. President Donald Trump revokes the July 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran he �will also trigger a meltdown with Europe�.

 

Bodies of fallen soldiers returned home after three decades�

Bodies of 48 Iranian soldiers recently recovered some 30 years after the end of the Iraq-Iran War (1980-1988) were returned home on Wednesday from the Shalamcheh border crossing in the southwestern province of Khouzestan.

 
Zarif, al-Jubeir in rare handshake
Mohammad Javad Zarif, the head of Iran�s diplomacy apparatus, and his Saudi counterpart Adel al-Jubeir shook hands on Tuesday, a one-of-a-kind moment in relations between the rival nations in years.

 
U.S. seeking to exit nuclear deal at Iran�s expense: Shamkhani
Iran�s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani has said that the U.S. seeks to pull out of the nuclear deal at the expense of Iran, but Iran will not give Donald Trump this opportunity.

 
Arms cache discovered in Kermanshah province
Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi, the public prosecutor of Kermanshah Province, has announced that border forces have discovered 60 holstered pistols in Sarpol-e Zahab, saying the gun owners fled to Iraq.

Tehran condemns terrorist blast in Afghanistan
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Wednesday condemned a terrorist attack in the Afghan city of Herat which have left at least 29 people killed and 64 others injured.
Trump signs sanctions bill against Russia, Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill that imposes new sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea, according to a White House official. Trump had signed the bill behind closed doors and away from the cameras, two White House sources said Wednesday.