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Zarif: Iran, Armenia should make efforts to broaden economic ties
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hailed growing relations between Iran and Armenia, saying the two countries should work to broaden their cooperation in the economic sector.

Kenya president sworn in for disputed second term amid protests
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in Tuesday for a second term as police fired teargas to disperse angry opposition supporters, in what many hope is the closing act of a grueling and divisive election drama.

Nasrallah target of assassination in next Lebanon war
The Israeli military threatened that Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah, will be a target of assassination in its next war against the Arab country.

Iran irreplaceable for India
No country in the world can replace Iran for India in terms of trade as the two countries are linked by Chabahar Port in South Iran, said the president of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) of South Asia.

Pope demands rights for all in Myanmar, omits ‘Rohingya’
Pope Francis insisted Tuesday that Myanmar’s future depends on respecting the rights of each ethnic group, an indirect show of support for Rohingya Muslims who have been subject to decades of discrimination and a recent military crackdown described by the UN as a textbook campaign of “ethnic cleansing.”

Leader: Navy ‘on the frontline’ of defending nation
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei hailed Iran’s naval defense achievements, saying that the navy is “on the frontline” of defending the nation.

Iran’s prosecutor general due in Russia to attend SCO meeting
Iran’s Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri is slated to pay an official visit to Russia to attend a meeting of prosecutors general of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Minister: Homegrown tank ‘Karrar’ ready for use
Iranian homegrown military tank Karrar is ready to be in service, Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said.

Iranian official urges UN action on human rights violation in Bahrain
Iranian Parliament speaker’s special advisor Hossein Amir-Abdollahian called on the United Nations to pay serious attention to systematic violation of human rights in Bahrain.

Tehran Times

Israel: Nasrallah ‘murder target’ in next Lebanon war
The Israeli military has threatened that Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon’s resistance movement, will be a target of assassination in Tel Aviv’s next war against the country.

Charity foundation donates $22m to Kermanshah quake victims
Iran’s Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation, a charity organization, has so far paid some 200 billion rials
(nearly $5m) in cash and provided 700 billion rials (nearly $17m) in kind for quake-hit areas in the western province of Kermanshah.

ICC case filed against UAE over crimes in Yemen
A law suit has been filed against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the ICC (International Criminal Court) over its collaboration with the House of Saud regime in its deadly war against Yemen.

Anger over Greek plan to sell weapons to Saudi Arabia
A political dispute in Greece over a controversial arms deal with the House of Saud regime is deepening, with opposition politicians and critics decrying plans to sell 66m euros ($78.7m) worth of surplus missiles and bombs to the Persian Gulf state.

Median antiquities unearthed in Hamedan
During a road construction project a collection of antiquities dating back to Median era (8th to 7th centuries BC) were found in the city of Hamedan, western Iran, on Tuesday.

Zarif says Armenia working to preserve regional peace
Armenia is working to preserve peace and stability in the region, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, expressing hope for successful cooperation in all areas between Iran and Armenia, Public Radio of Armenia reported.

Leader: Presence in intl. waters should persist
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei insisted on Tuesday that the presence of the Iranian navy in international waters should continue unabated.

Next round of Astana talks to be held in December
The eighth round of talks on the settlement of the crisis in Syria may be held in the Kazakh capital Astana on December 21-22.