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Rouhani inaugurates South Pars projects worth $20b
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated five new phases of the South Pars Gas Field on Sunday which were completed at a cost of $20 billion, local media reported.

Iraqi forces making new push toward Old City in Mosul
Iraqi forces launched a new attack on Daesh in Mosul’s Old City on Sunday, military officials said, trying to break the stalemate in attempts to seize the terrorists’ last stronghold.

Food baskets provided for 30,000 refugees in Iranian settlements
Iran has been hosting Afghan and Iraqi refugees over the past 29 years.

Iran, Total set to ink final agreement
National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and France’s Total Oil and Gas Company will, in the coming days, finalize an agreement to cooperate in the development of South Pars Gas Field, announced a senior energy official.

Turkey votes in historic referendum on presidential powers
Turkey voted Sunday to decide whether to expand President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s powers in a bitterly-contested referendum set to determine the future course of the key NATO member and EU hopeful.

Car bomb attack on Syria evacuees kills more than 100
A massive car bomb attack on a convoy carrying evacuees from besieged towns in Syria killed more than 100 people and wounded hundreds, a monitor said Sunday.

Iran: No capacity for new crisis in region
Iran’s defense minister in a meeting with his visiting Azerbaijani counterpart said there is no capacity for a new crisis in the region, which is already plagued with insecurity and terrorism, calling for the peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Zarif visiting three regional states Political Desk
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the head of a political and economic delegation embarked on a tour to three Central Asian and Caucasian countries on Sunday.

Iran flood death toll rises to 48
The death toll from torrential downpours causing floods and landslides in four provinces in Iran’s northwest rose to 48.

Guardian Council starts vetting election hopefuls
Iran’s Guardian Council started the process of auditing the credentials of the nominees, who have registered to run in the forthcoming 12th presidential election, the body’s spokesman said on Sunday.



Tehran Times


Syria resumes evacuation after terrorists kill 112
The Syrian army has resumed the evacuation of residents from militant-besieged areas outside Aleppo after buses carrying them were hit by terrorists on Saturday, killing at least 112 people.

Iran forges deal with China to redesign Arak reactor
Iran has hashed out price differences with China to receive counselling on redesigning its only heavy water nuclear reactor, signing a deal on the project, Iranian Foreign Ministry has said in a written briefing to parliament.

Iran army warns against ‘any strategic mistake’ by enemies
Chief Commander of Iran’s Army Major General Ataollah Salehi has warned that “any strategic mistake by the enemy” against the Islamic Republic will be met with a “decisive, severe and destructive” response, Press TV reported on Sunday.

Murphy refutes idea Trump acted recklessly to alleged gas attack in Syria
Richard Murphy, the former U.S. ambassador to Damascus, rejects the view that Donald Trump reacted hastily and impulsively to alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria’s Idlib province on April 4.

Iraqi forces making new push toward Old City in Mosul
Iraqi forces launched a new attack on the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist group in Mosul’s Old City on Sunday, military officials said, trying to break the stalemate in attempts to seize the militants’ last stronghold.

Foreign Ministry condemns terrorist attack on civilian convoy in Syria
Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned a terrorist attack on a convoy of buses carrying displaced civilians from Syria’s towns of Foua and Kefraya that killed dozens of people near Aleppo, mostly children.

Karaj festival boasts vibrant tapestry of tulips
Visitors admire the beauty of vibrant, multi-colored flowers during a tulips festival at Chamran Park in Karaj on April 15, 2017.

Bombardments won’t boost U.S. security, Iran says
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani told the visiting Azeri Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov on Sunday that the U.S. can never boost its national security by bombarding other countries.

Rouhani: Iran seeking further progress
President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the Iranians are seeking more “peace”, “progress”, “security” and “dignity”.

Zarif on three-leg Central Asia, Caucasus tour
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif headed to neighboring Turkmenistan on Sunday at the head of a politico-economic delegation.

Top U.S. senator hails anti-Iran terrorist group
U.S. Senator John McCain has lauded the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO or MEK), describing it as “an example to everyone in the world that is struggling for freedom.”