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OPEC: Iran�s oil output at 3.6 mbd
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said Iran�s oil production has reached a new record high of 3.665 million barrels per day (mbd).

 
US, Japanese banks to fund Boeing sales to Iran
US plane manufacturer Boeing has reached an agreement with an American bank to provide financing for Iran�s purchase of airliners in cooperation with a Japanese bank, an informed source announced.

 
UNESCO declares Israel �occupying power� in Beit-ul-Moqaddas
UNESCO, the UN body charged with protecting humanity�s cultural treasures, approved a draft resolution Thursday calling Israel an �occupying power� in Beit-ul-Moqaddas (Jerusalem), supposedly rejecting Jewish ties to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and slamming Israeli settlers for provoking Muslims through �aggressions� in the holy site.

 

Grieving Thailand salutes late king

Huge crowds of weeping Thais and saluting soldiers lined the streets Friday as the body of late King Bhumibol Adulyadej was borne through Bangkok, a day after his death.

 
Big donors urge US Republican Party to drop Trump
Some of the US Republican Party�s biggest financial donors urged its national committee to drop Donald Trump following accusations he sexually assaulted women, The New York Times reported.

 
Iran urges UN to fight extremism under Guterres
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif offered his heart-felt congratulation to Antonio Guterres on his election as the new UN secretary general, expressing hope that he would engage in an all-out fight against extremism and help find peaceful solutions to the crises in Syria and Yemen.

 
Assad: Taking Aleppo key to pushing �terrorists� back to Turkey
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Friday that the Syrian Army�s capture of Aleppo, which has come under renewed bombardment in an effort to seize its terrorist-held sector, would be �a very important springboard� to pushing �terrorists� back to Turkey.
Zarif discusses crisis in Syria with Lavrov, Mogherini
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called for an �immediate and lasting humanitarian cease-fire� in Syria in a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart.

 
Iran dispatches naval flotilla to Gulf of Aden
Iran�s Navy has deployed a flotilla of warships to international waters for a mission that includes presence in the waters off the southern coasts of Yemen.

 
Russia completes delivery of S-300 air defense missiles to Iran
Russia has finished executing the contract on supplying Iran with divisions of S-300 air defense systems, the head of Russia�s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation said.

Tehran Times
 
Iranian crude to replace Saudi oil in Egypt
Egypt has been offered refined oil products for October from Iran after Saudi�s oil giant Aramco terminated the delivery of 700,000 tons expected for this month, the petroleum ministry announced yesterday

 
Sweden to open trade office in Tehran
The Swedish Minister for Finance Eva Magdalena Andersson, in a meeting with her Iranian counterpart Ali Tayyebnia, announced that Sweden is going to open its trade office in Tehran to bolster economic ties with the Islamic Republic, Shana news agency reported.

 
Zarif calls for immediate ceasefire in Syria
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran�s chief diplomat, has called for an immediate ceasefire in Syria in order to find a durable solution to the bloody conflict in the country.

 
Echoes of �Oh Hussein (AS)� never silenced
Millions of black-clad Muslims commemorate Ashura on October 12 in Karbala, which marks the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS), the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.

 
Iranian films win awards at Beirut festival
Two Iranian films won awards at the 16th edition of the Beirut International Film Festival (BIFF), which was held in the Lebanese capital from October 5 to 13.

 
Iran�s Moqimi nominated for Asia-Pacific Women Entrepreneur Award
Iranian female entrepreneur Fatemeh Moqimi has been nominated for the Asia-Pacific Women Entrepreneur Award.

 
Saudi Arabia vowed to support Syria if ties with Iran cut: Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the House of Saud regime had made a pledge to throw support behind him in case the Damascus government broke off all forms of relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

 
Siamand Rahman receives Best Male Athlete of the Month
Iranian powerlifter Siamand Rahman has been voted by the public as the Allianz Best Male Athlete of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

 
OICA ranks Iran as 20th leading carmaker
Iran took the 20th place among the world�s leading automobile manufacturers in the second quarter of 2016, according to a recent report released by the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d�Automobiles, commonly abbreviated OICA).

 
Iran smashes terrorist cell, reports direct link to ISIS
A number of the terrorists have been arrested and more than 1oo kilograms of explosives and other equipment seized, according to Alavi.

 
Zarif congratulates Ant�nio Guterres as UN chief
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif issued a message on Thursday congratulating Ant�nio Guterres for his appointment as the new UN secretary general. Zarif described Guterres as the �most qualified� for the post.

 
Parliamentary judiciary committee to step into hajj fray
More than one year after the deadly hajj crush in Mina and loss of 464 Iranians, Iran�s hajj organization has announced it will use the county�s parliamentary capacity to ratchet up pressures on Riyadh.