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Rouhani runs for Assembly of Experts
President Hassan Rouhani registered on Sunday to run for the Assembly of Experts membership in an election slated for February 2016.

 
Russia holds biggest trade exhibit in Iran
Representatives of 80 leading Russian companies, including plane manufacturers and energy majors, are showcasing their products in Tehran in the biggest foreign display of the kind ever held in Iran.

 
UN sees progress in Yemen talks
Yemen�s warring parties agreed on a broad framework for ending their war at talks in Switzerland but they first have to agree a permanent cease-fire, after a weeklong truce was widely violated, the United Nations said on Sunday.

 
British MPs: Daesh minority killings should be recognized as genocide
Killings of minorities by the Daesh terrorists should be recognized as genocide, more than 60 British parliamentarians have said in a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron.

 
Blatter to appeal FIFA�s eight-year ban in CAS
Sepp Blatter will appeal against a FIFA ruling banning him from football for eight years to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), his spokesperson said on Monday.

 
Taliban kill six NATO troops near Kabul
A motorcycle-riding Taliban bomber killed six NATO soldiers near Kabul Monday, in a brazen attack as the resurgent terrorist group battled to seize a key southern district in Afghanistan�s opium-growing heartland.

 
Spain�s ruling party loses majority in historic election
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy claimed victory in Spain�s general election, but acknowledged the win falls short of giving his Popular Party a workable majority in parliament.

 
President receives new envoys
President Hassan Rouhani met new ambassadors from Malta, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Cambodia and South Korea in Tehran on Monday.

 
Tehran hopes sanctions removed in January
Iran�s foreign minister has expressed hope that the sanctions imposed on Tehran will be lifted by the end of January and that Iran and the P5+1 group will move toward �more logical� relations.

 
Araqchi: Kerry�s letter gives �strong guarantee� for US commitment
Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said a letter by US Secretary of State John Kerry is a �strong guarantee� that the country�s visa changes will not hinder the enforcement of its commitments under a nuclear agreement with the Islamic Republic.

 
Iran: Muslim states should guarantee interests of Islamic nations
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari said Muslim countries should adopt policies that guarantee the interests of Islamic nations.

 
Tehran Times
 
China�s Nov Iran crude oil imports up about 45%
China�s November Iranian crude oil imports jumped by almost half from a 14-month low in October, official customs data showed on Monday.

 
Greece moves to recognize the state of Palestine
Greece is set to recognize the state of Palestine in a parliamentary vote to be attended by the Palestinian Authority Chief President, Mahmoud Abbas, a government source said.

 
Zarif says new U.S. legislation is a �big impediment�
The Iranian foreign minister said on Monday that the grounds to implement the nuclear deal have been provided, but the new move by the U.S. Congress that clamps visa restrictions on people who have traveled to Iran has created a �big impediment�.

 
Western powers use terrorism as tools in pursuit of their geopolitical goals: analyst
Political analyst Yuram Abdullah Weiler tells the Tehran Times that the Western powers have used terrorism and terrorist groups as �tools in pursuit of their geopolitical goals�.

 
South Korean romantic doc tops at Cin�ma V�rit� festival
South Korean filmmaker Mo-young Jin�s �My Love, Don�t Cross That River�, about a couple who faces the last moment of their 76-year-old marriage, won the best award for feature documentary at the 9th Cin�ma V�rit�.

 
Prominent figures among Assembly of Expert applicants
A few of prominent figures who had signed up for the Assembly of Experts election by Monday polls are as follows:
Ahmad Khatami, interim Fridayprayer leader of Tehran, Mohammad Gheravi, member of Qom Seminary�s Teachers Association, Mahmoud Alavi, intelligence Minister, Hassan Rouhani, president of Iran, Hassan Khomeini, grandson to late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Hassan Saidi, son to famous martyr
ayatollah Saidi, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, chairman of the Expediency Council, Mohammad Taqi Mesbah Yazdi, current member of the assembly, and Mahmoud Amjad, prominent cleric and scholar.

 
Under Velayat Faqih, we will get past all problems: Rouhani
President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that Iran will get past all problems under Velayat Faqih (the guardianship of the jurist).

 
French Senate president: Iran is center of stability in West Asia
Gerard Larcher, president of the French Senate, said on Monday that Iran is the center of stability in West Asia.

 
Zionist lobby behind U.S. visa restrictions: Iran
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari says the recently devised visa restrictions announced by the U.S., which applies to dual national Iranians and those who have visited Iran, were pushed through under the pressure of Zionist lobby groups.