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Saudi Arabia needs to �share� region with Iran
US President Barack Obama believes that Saudi Arabia, one of America�s most important allies in the Middle East, needs to learn how to �share� the region with Iran.

 
FM: Extremism cannot be confined to a single locality
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said extremism and insecurity cannot be contained in a single locality, country or continent.

 
270,000 dead, 4.7 million refugees in Syria war
Syria�s war has killed more than a quarter of a million people, uprooted over half the population and left much of the country in ruins since it erupted five years ago.

British Airways, Korean Air to resume flights to Iran
British Airways is expected to resume flights to Iran from July after a hiatus of 6 years, as a direct air route linking South Korea and Iran will open for the first time in four decades following the lifting of sanctions against Iran.

 
UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia face inquiry
British sales of arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen will be the subject of a full-scale inquiry by a cross-party committee, while the government is also facing a high court challenge to examine whether its actions break UK and EU arms export laws.
Leader: Mideast wars totally political
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said the ongoing wars in the Middle East are �totally rooted in political motivations.

 
Russia to ship first S-300 system to Iran in August-September
Moscow said it is set to deliver Russian-made surface-to-air S-300 missile defense systems to Iran before the end of this year.

 
Report: Iranian, Turkish presidents to meet in spring
President Hassan Rouhani will visit Ankara and hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan this spring, media reports said on Thursday.

 
Tehran Times
 
People �shone brightly� in elections: Leader
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Thursday that the people �shone brightly� in the elections by their massive participation in the elections and now it is the officials� turn to fulfill their duties.

 
Saudi Arabia, Iran must shape �cold peace,� Obama says
Wars and chaos in the Middle East will not end until Saudi Arabia and Iran can find a way to �share the neighborhood� and make some kind of peace, U.S. President Barack Obama said in a magazine interview released on Thursday.

 
S-300 missiles to be shipped to Iran in summer: Rostec chief
The delivery of the first vehicles of the S-300 missile systems to Iran will be made in about half a year�s time, Sergey Chemezov, the head of the Russian state-owned high-tech giant Rostec, told RIA Novosti.

Iran�s oil exports to rise to 2 million bpd by late May
The Iranian first vice president said on Thursday the country�s oil exports is expected to hit as high as two million barrels per day (bpd) by the third month of the next Iranian calendar year. The mentioned month will begin on May 22.

 
Sanctions removal owing to resistance: Araqchi
Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has underlined Iran�s firm stance to develop its missile program in order to confront possible threats by enemies, noting that the removal of sanctions was owing only to the Iranian people�s resistance.

 
Tehran says wants practical steps by foreign firms
Head of the Iranian Presidential Office said on Friday that the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the Iranian people expect the foreign companies seeking to expand economic ties with Iran to take practical steps which would have �direct� effects on the national economy.

 
Iran to build 80-knot speedboats
The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Naval Force has said the Islamic Republic plans to start building high-speed vessels capable of cruising as fast as 80 knots per hour.

 
Zarif holds talks with Thai PM
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has met with Thailand�s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in the capital Bangkok to discuss the enhancement of bilateral ties on the fourth leg of his Asian tour.