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South Africa, Belgium keen to expand Iran ties
President Hassan Rouhani, who has hosted many foreign officials in recent months, met with visiting South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and Belgium�s deputy prime minister and minister of foreign and European affairs, Didier Reynders, in Tehran on Monday.

 
Tehran, Moscow sign S-300 delivery deal
Russia�s contract for the delivery of S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran has been signed and has come into force, the head of state hi-tech corporation Rostec, which integrates Rosoboronexport state arms seller, said on Monday.

 
MP: Syrians must determine their fate
Hossein Sheikholeslam, a senior advisor to Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani on international affairs, said on Monday that Iran believes that the Syrian people must be allowed to determine the fate of their country.

 
Jordanian officer kills two Americans, one South African
Two American military personnel and one South African were killed when a Jordanian officer went on a shooting spree on Monday at a US-funded security training facility near Amman, Jordan�s government spokesman said.

 
Myanmar ruling party concedes poll defeat
Myanmar�s ruling party conceded defeat in a general election on Monday as the opposition led by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi appeared on course for a landslide victory that could ensure it forms the next government.

 
Cameron: Britain can survive outside EU
Britain can survive outside the European Union, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday as he denied he was planning to campaign for Britain to stay in the EU regardless of the outcome of reform talks.

 
Veep: No obstacle to Tehran-Sarajevo cooperation
First Vice-President Esh�aq Jahangiri said Monday that there is no obstacle to enhance bilateral relations between Iran and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

 
Deputy FM: Iran to attend Syria peace talks in Vienna
Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Iran will participate in the upcoming talks on Syria to help find a diplomatic resolution to the crisis in the Arab country.

 
Zarif: Extremism in region big threat to entire world
Iran�s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday growing extremism and sectarianism in the Middle East pose a great security threat to the whole world.

 
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Rouhani: Iran to abide by nuclear commitments only if the West fulfills obligations
President Hassan Rouhani told the Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders in Tehran on Monday that Iran will abide by its commitments to the nuclear deal only if the West fulfill its own obligations.

 
Iran, Bosnia draw joint plan of action on economic co-op
Iran and Bosnia and Herzegovina have drawn a joint plan of action on economic cooperation.

 
Germans clinch Iran�s biggest solar projects
Iran�s Ministry of Energy has signed an agreement with a German company to build 1,250 megawatts of solar energy projects in the hydrocarbon-rich country�s latest move to green its energy supply chain.

 
Over $82m of state shares divested in 7 months
Iran has transferred over 2.88 trillion rials (about $82 million) worth of shares of state-run companies to the private sector in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-November 22), the IRIB reported on Monday.

 
400 more Sudanese soldiers arrive in Yemen
A 400 Sudanese force arrived in Yemen�s port city of Aden on Monday in support of pro-fugitive government forces preparing to confront a possible new offensive by revolutionaries on the country�s south.

 
Palestinian woman killed by Israeli forces
A Palestinian woman has been killed by Israeli forces at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed in the past 40 days to 80.

 
President: Iran can link South Africa to Central Asia, Eastern Europe
President Hassan Rouhani has said that Iran enjoys a �unique� geostrategic position which can link South Africa to Central Asia and even Eastern Europe through its southern ports in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman.

 
Redesigning Arak reactor will be discussed in Vienna, FM says
The Iranian foreign minister said on Monday that the document of redesigning the Arak heavy water reactor will be discussed on the sidelines of the Vienna conference on Syria in which the foreign ministers of the 5+1 countries, which negotiated the nuclear deal with Iran, will be present.

 
Iran about to acquire Russian S-300 missile defense systems
Russia has signed a contract with Iran on the delivery of S-300 missile defense systems and as soon as the first part of the contract is fulfilled, Tehran will rescind its court case against Russia for non-delivery, the head of Russia�s state technologies corporation Rostec said Monday.

 
Some neighbors view extremism as playing card: Zarif
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that if Iran does not plan for the situation that will be created after implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, it will face �serious dangers�.

 
Health Ministry backs private colleges
The Health Ministry backs the establishment of private colleges as a bid to prevent brain drain, Iran�s minister of health has said.