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Official: Undersea pipeline can bring cheaper gas to India from Iran
A 1,300-km undersea pipeline from Iran, avoiding Pakistani waters, can bring natural gas from the Persian Gulf to India at rates less than the price of LNG available in the spot market, proponents of the pipeline said on Tuesday.

World�s five major rising economies back Iran deal
The world�s five major rising economies have expressed support for the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries, urging all parties to live up to their commitments under the deal.

South Korean Navy holds live-fire drills in warning to North
With Seoul expecting another North Korean missile test, South Korean warships conducted live-fire exercises at sea on Tuesday.

Syrian troops breach three-year Daesh siege on eastern city
Syrian government troops and allied forces reached the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor on Tuesday, breaching a nearly three-year Daesh siege on government-held areas of the city near the Iraqi border, Syrian state TV and a monitoring group said.

Crisis looms as nearly 125,000 refugees flood into Bangladesh
Nearly 125,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have entered Bangladesh since a fresh upsurge of violence in Myanmar on August 25, the United Nations said on Tuesday, as fears grow of a humanitarian crisis in the overstretched camps.

Shamkhani: Iran-Russia-Syria cooperation yielding �valuable results�
Secretary of Iran�s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani said the strategic cooperation between Iran, Syria, Russia and the resistance front in genuine fight against terrorism is yielding �valuable results.�

Zarif: Saudi policy shift will draw Iran�s positive reaction
Iran�s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed the hope that Saudi Arabia will soon come to the realization that all neighbors around the Persian Gulf need to work in cooperation, saying that such a shift would definitely draw a positive reaction from Iran.

Top commander: Calls for Iran naval coordination with US laughable
The chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces described as �laughable� calls by the United States that Iran coordinate its naval activities in the Persian Gulf with American forces there.

Iran, Azerbaijan call for promoting ties
Ranking officials from Iran and Azerbaijan called for plans to promote cooperation between the two neighbors and accelerate the implementation of joint projects.

A worsening water crisis in Gorgan Gulf
Iran�s Gorgan Gulf, in the northeastern province of Golestan, is facing severe drought due to the drying up of the Caspian Sea at Gaz Port region, gathering of running wastewater on the port�s beach, and blockage of the canal between Ashuradeh Island and Miankaleh Peninsula.

 

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Iran: Coordination of military patrols with U.S. �hilarious�
Iranian forces patrol the Persian Gulf in accordance with international regulations, the chief of Staff
of the Iranian Armed Forces has said, deriding the idea that such patrol operations or war games should be coordinated with U.S. warships coming from thousands of miles away.

Russia, Iran hold talks on Syria
Top Iranian security official Ali Shamkhani and Alexander Lavrentiev, President Putin�s special envoy for Syria, held talks in Tehran on Tuesday on the latest developments in Syria.

World�s 5 major rising economies firmly back nuclear deal
The Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and the South Africa issued a declaration on Monday at the ninth BRICS summit in China�s port city of Xiamen, expressing their strong support for the 2015 nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Is Iran�s environment chief seeing the bigger picture?
Isa Kalantari, the new director of the Department of Environment, is now in charge of one of the most criticized and challenged organizations in the country.

Zarif: Iran made its way into regional security equations
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said Iran has successfully managed to bring itself to the core of regional security equations.

Myanmar�s Suu Kyi under pressure as almost 125,000 Rohingya flee violence
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has come under pressure from countries with large Muslim populations including Bangladesh, Indonesia and Pakistan to halt violence against Rohingya Muslims after nearly 125,000 of them fled to Bangladesh.

Iranian Ash festival wraps up
The 12th national festival on Ash a traditional slow-cooked, thick soup made with chickpeas, beans,
noodles, and fresh herbs, wrapped up on Sunday.

Zarif seeks practical steps to end �inhuman violence� against Rohingya
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the Islamic countries should take �practical steps� to end the �inhuman violence� against the minority Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.