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Iran to create parallel currency market to ease dollar fever
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said Monday it plans to create a secondary currency market to help ease tensions that plunged the rial against the US dollar to a record low.

86 killed in Nigeria as farmers, herders clash
Eighty six people have been killed in an attack by suspected nomadic herders against farming communities in restive central Nigeria, police said.

Koreas mark war anniversary in mood of detente
The two Koreas Monday marked their war anniversary in a mood of detente, with Pyongyang dropping its customary anti-US rhetoric and Seoul saying talks have begun on moving the North�s artillery back from the tense border.

Erdogan snares revamped powers as rival concedes defeat
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday celebrated winning sweeping new powers in a decisive election victory, as his main rival accepted the outcome despite bitter complaints over the conduct of the campaign.

Iran urges EU to keep supporting Afghan refugees
Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli called on the European Union to continue its support for Afghan refugees residing in Iran.

Iran urges intl. action to halt Saudi offensive in Yemen
Iran urged the international community to intervene and stop the Saudi war on Yemen, where an ongoing offensive against the Mediterranean port of Hodeidah has put the country on the brink of famine.

Iranian, Russian FMs discuss JCPOA, Caspian Summit
The foreign ministers of Iran and Russia in a telephone conversation discussed the latest developments surrounding the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the next summit of the Caspian Sea states.

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Iran to create secondary currency market by next week
Iran will set up a secondary currency market by the next week, Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Valiollah Seif announced on Monday.

Selling arms and talking of peace in Yemen are conflicting: Iran
Hossein Jaberi Ansari, the Iranian foreign minister�s special assistant for political affairs, said on Monday that Western countries cannot talk about peace in Yemen and at the same time sell billions of dollars of weapons to aggressors.

Erdogan wins re-election in historic Turkish polls
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won Turkey�s key presidential vote, electoral officials have said, in a result that will allow him to keep his seat with increased powers and become Turkey�s first executive president.

Trump seems to be closer to Reagan: U.S. analyst
Political analyst Yuram Abdullah Weiler says Trump �is a man that sees no problem with taking advantage of someone in financial straits; a man that appears to completely lack the smallest iota of compassion for any human being outside of his family circle.�

London alarmed by threats to UAE
The British Foreign Ministry has issued a statement warning of an attack on the UAE, calling on its citizens to be wary.

Nuclear deal �hanging by a thread�, Iran has told EU
Mahmoud Alavi, the intelligence minister, said on Monday that Iran has told the Europeans that the
2015 nuclear deal agreement is �hanging by a thread� now that the U.S. has withdrawn from the pact.

Nuclear deal still �firm� despite U.S. illegal exit, FM spokesman says
Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has said he regards the 2015 nuclear deal a �firm� agreement, which is still in place despite the U.S. government�s �illegal� withdrawal from it.

Europe should decide on nuclear deal by end of June: Iran
Behrooz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said on Monday that Europe should decide about preserving the 2015 nuclear deal by the end of June now that the Trump
White House has walked away from the multilateral agreement.

Military advisor: Iran has practical plan for any trans-regional threats
Today�s threats to Iran are from trans-regional sides to each of which the country has a practical plan to respond, a senior Iranian military advisor said on Sunday evening.

Seeing them home safely
Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Monday that the United Nations and the European Union should provide the ground and help the Afghan refugees return to their country voluntarily.