Iran Daily

99% progress reached in SP phases 15, 16
The development of the phases 15 and 16 of South Pars Gas Field in Bushehr province has progressed by 99 percent.

Hezbollah warns Israel against aggression
The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, warned Israel against potential military strikes against Lebanon.

Deadly bomb blast overshadows Turkey�s elections
Turkey on Saturday prepared for its tightest elections in over a decade, with tensions riding high after a bomb attack killed two and wounded dozens at a rally of the main pro-Kurdish party.

European Parliament delegation visiting Tehran
A European Parliament delegation is in Iran on a two-day official visit to hold talks with the country�s authorities.

Germany �sent Saudi Arabia weapons� for World Cup support
Germany reportedly sent Saudi Arabia a shipment of rocket-propelled grenades in exchange for support of their bid to host the 2006 World Cup, it has emerged.

Araqchi: Nuclear talks making progress
A senior Iranian negotiator in talks with world powers said the process of drafting a comprehensive agreement on Tehran�s nuclear program is making progress, albeit slowly.

Death toll in China ship disaster nearly 400
Disaster teams searched the Yangtze River on Saturday for dozens of missing bodies from the Eastern Star as the death toll in the cruiser�s capsizing rose to nearly 400, making it China�s deadliest boat disaster in nearly seven decades.

European Parliament delegation visiting Tehran
A European Parliament delegation is in Iran on a two-day official visit to hold talks with the country�s authorities.

Velayati: Iran to continue supporting regional countries against terrorism
Head of Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati said that the Islamic Republic of Iran will continue its support for the regional countries and regards security of these states as its own.

Zarif: Middle East problems should be solved without foreign interference
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined that Middle East problems should be settled by governments and people of regional countries and without foreign interference.

 
Tehran Times

Indonesia seeks Iranian expertise for housing, transport projects
Indonesia is seeking to use the experience of Iranian companies in its housing development and road construction projects.

Rumsfeld: Bush was wrong on Iraq
George W Bush was wrong to push democracy on Iraq, one of the chief architects of the 2003 war has admitted as he warned that the West is woefully ill equipped to cope with rampant extremism.

French energy firms negotiating to invest in Iran�s gas projects
Fifteen large private companies, affiliated with the Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF), or the Movement of the Enterprises of France, have announced their readiness to make investment in Iran�s gas projects, the Shana News Agency reported on Saturday.

Nuclear talks proceeding �slowly�: Araqchi
Abbas Araqchi, a senior nuclear negotiator, said on Saturday that negotiations for drafting a final nuclear deals are proceeding �slowly� as the issue is filled with �sensitivities� and �complexities�.

 
Any revision to Lausanne deal will lead to failure of talks: Zarif
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says any attempts to revise the framework of a potential deal on Iran�s nuclear program, which was reached in the Swiss city of Lausanne in April, will result in the failure of efforts to reach a final agreement.

 
Iran will continue backing regional states in terror fight: Velayati
Ali Akbar Velayati has said that Iran will continue supporting Middle East countries, including Iraq and Syria, in their fight against terrorists, noting that Iran considers the security of these countries as its own.

 
Saudi attack on Yemen puts Mideast security in jeopardy: Iran
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the UN special envoy for Yemen, has said that Yemeni-Yemeni talks will start in Geneva on June 14. He made the remarks in a phone conversation with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahain on Friday.

 
Nuclear pact possible only if new issues are not raised: Larijani
Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani on Saturday hosted a delegation of European Union MPs in Tehran and discussed with them ways to promote Iran-EU parliamentary relations.

 
Pentagon admits Iran military doctrine is �defensive�
A Pentagon report has admitted that Iran�s military doctrine is primarily �defensive.�

 
Russia is ready for �new opening� in relations with Iran: Business Insider
If a nuclear deal is reached after ongoing negotiations between the West and Iran, there might be a �new opening� in Iran � but it�s unclear whether the U.S. or Russia will benefit more, the Business Insider wrote in an article on June 5.