19 Mar 2024
Saturday 20 January 2018 - 10:40
Story Code : 290603

Iran English language newspaper headlines on Saturday, 20-01-2018



Iran Daily

Iran-China trade witnesses over 20% growth
Trade exchanges between Iran and China increased 20.5 percent in the first 11 months of 2017, showing a positive trend for both countries.

Germany halts further arms exports to parties in Yemen war
Germany said it wont approve arms exports to countries involved in the conflict in Yemen, a move that could affect sales of military hardware to Saudi Arabia.

Russia warns collapse of Iran deal would be alarming
Russia on Thursday warned at the UN Security Council that the collapse of the Iranian nuclear deal would send an alarming message to the world, advising signatories of the accord against abandoning it to pursue their own interests.

Turkey says no turning back from offensive in Syria
Turkeys defense minister said Friday there is no turning back from his countrys decision to launch a ground assault on a Syrian Kurdish-controlled enclave in northwest Syria, saying the offensive had de facto started with the Turkish military shelling of the area.

Taiwan blocks China flights after route row
Taiwan has blocked nearly 200 flights by Chinas airlines over the strait that separates the two rivals due to the carriers use of controversial new travel routes introduced by China.

Dust storm cancels flights, shuts schools in southern Iran
Dust storm in southern city of Ahvaz in Khuzestan Province on Friday canceled and delayed several flights and caused the postponement of a football match.

Iran: Tehran-Moscow-Ankara coordination necessary for Syria congress
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari said on Friday the upcoming Syrian Congress of National Dialogue in Russian city of Sochi is of great importance, noting that coordination between Iran, Russia and Turkey concerning the issue is necessary.

Hamas hails Irans stance on Beit-ul-Moqaddas
A leader of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement, Ismail Haniyeh, sent a letter to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, praising Irans stance on Beit-ul-Moqaddas.

US lawmakers table bill meant to tighten terms of JCPOA
US lawmakers have put forward a bill at the House of Representatives, seeking to tighten the terms of a 2015 multinational nuclear deal with Iran, despite international warnings for Washington to stop attempts to undermine the accord.

Tehran Times

 

Haniyeh writes to Leader to praise Irans stance on Quds
Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), on Thursday sent a letter to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei praising Irans stance on al-Quds (Jerusalem).

HRW says Trump is disaster for human rights
U.S. President Donald Trumps record on human rights in his first year in office has been a disaster, the head of Human Rights Watch said in an interview.

CBI files $4.9b complaint against Deutsche Boerse subsidiary
Deutsche Boerse AG said Thursday that Irans Bank Markazi has filed a complaint against the German stock-exchange operators subsidiary Clearstream, seeking restitution of assets worth about $4.9 billion.

Turkey: Operation in Syrias Afrin has started de facto
Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli says no troops have gone into Syrias Kurdish-controlled
Afrin region but the operation has started de facto with cross-border shelling.

Killing the Iran nuclear deal will be bad for the U.S.
After months of threatening to undo the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Donald Trump once again opted to extend the deal by waiving
economic sanctions on Iran. This was the last chance, he declared in a Jan. 12 statement, to either fix the deals disastrous flaws, or the United States will withdraw.

Tehran Symphony Orchestra gigs at Fajr
The Tehran Symphony Orchestra gives a performance under the baton of Shahrdad Rohani (R) during the 33rd Fajr Music Festival at Tehrans Vahdat Hall on January 18, 2016.

Lavrov: JCPOA failure would send alarming message for international architecture
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned on Thursday that if the 2015 Iran nuclear deal - or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - collapses, it would send an alarming message to the world.

Tillerson to start European tour amid rising rift over nuclear deal POLITICS
U.S. State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said on Thursday that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit London, Paris, Warsaw and Davos on January 21-27, as the trans-Atlantic ties have been challenged by widening division over the U.S. proposed revision of the Iran nuclear deal, among others.

UN chief welcomes second anniversary of Implementation Day for nuclear deal
United Nations Secretary-General Ant- nio Guterres on Wednesday welcomed the second anniversary of the day when Iran was confirmed to have taken a series of nuclear-related actions under the nuclear agreement reached with key countries in 2015.

Iran, Russia to maintain co-op in terror fight: diplomat
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari said on Friday that Tehran and Moscow will seriously continue cooperation in fight against terrorism.

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