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Deputy FM: Iran trying to help serious talks among Syrians
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari underlined that Tehran is doing its best to help the Syrian government and opposition groups to hold serious talks in the upcoming Astana meeting.

 
Bodies of 2 firemen recovered after Tehran tower inferno
Rescue teams recovered the bodies of two Iranian firefighters early on Saturday, two days after they were killed while tackling a blaze in Tehran�s oldest high-rise.

25 killed or missing in Plasco fall � says source
At most 25 people have been killed or missing in the Plasco Trade Center building collapse downtown Tehran, according to Jalaleddin Maleki, the spokesman of Tehran Fire Department.

 
President Rouhani visits site of collapsed high-rise in downtown Tehran
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has visited the site of the collapsed Plasco high-rise in downtown Tehran to inspect the ongoing search and rescue operation there.

 
ATR says aircraft deal with Iran imminent
Turboprop maker ATR has completed commercial negotiations with IranAir for the sale of at least 20 aircraft and expects to be able to sign a contract very soon, the head of the Franco-Italian aircraft maker said on Friday.

Firefighters� sacrifice act of heroism: Pres. Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visited the site of the collapsed Plasco high-rise in downtown Tehran on Saturday morning.

 
Iran�s flags to be flown at half-mast on Iranian embassies
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said that Iran�s flags will be flown at half-mast in Iranian embassies on Saturday as a sign of mourning and a memorial book will also be opened on the sad occasion of fire in a Tehran high rise.

 
Iran, Russia sign 2 nuclear coop. pacts
AEOI spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi and Russian Rosatom�s head Alexey Likhachev signed two agreements of cooperation on Thursday in Moscow.

 

 
Russia sees Syrian talks in Astana as achievement for Moscow, Tehran and Ankara
Russian Foreign Ministry deputy Sergey Ryabkov has said the talks on Syrian crises in the Kazakh capital is the outcome of the joint efforts by Moscow, Tehran and Ankara to put an end to the ongoing situation in Syria.

 

Iran Air rejects ban on certain people to use new Airbus planes
Spokesman for IranAir, the Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Shahrokh Noushabadi rejected the reports that certain Iranian people have been prohibited from flying by new Airbus planes purchased by Iran.