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Rouhani: Iran will stick to nuclear deal if profitable
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told a news conference on Wednesday Tehran will remain in the 2015 nuclear deal only if its benefits are guaranteed by other signatories after the United States withdrew from the accord.

 
Ex-MalaysianPM charged with corruption
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was formally charged Wednesday with corruption linked to a multibillion dollar financial scandal that contributed to his shock election defeat less than two months ago.

 
Merkel warns US against trade war over car tariffs
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday warned US President Donald Trump against unleashing an all-out trade war after he threatened to impose steep tariffs on cars from the European Union.

 
Iran: Trump�s ban on Iranian crude �self-harm'
US President Donald Trump�s pressure on international firms not to buy Iranian oil will drive prices higher and end up hurting his own economy, a senior Iranian oil official said on Wednesday.

 
Russia: Demands for Iran pullout from Syria �absolutely unrealistic'
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday after meeting with his Jordanian counterpart that Iran is one of the key powers in the region, and that it would be �absolutely unrealistic� to expect it to abandon its interests.

 
Iran rejects accusation of training Taliban terrorists
Tehran vehemently rejected a report by British media, which claimed that members of Afghanistan�s Taliban terrorist group are being trained in Iran, saying such accusations are meant to harm close relations between the two neighbors.

 
Iran: Trip to Iran not on agenda for Japanese PM
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said that the Japanese prime minister�s trip to Tehran has not been on the agenda after the media in the Asian country claimed that he had canceled the trip.

 
Foreign Ministry: Missing Iranian diplomats in occupied Palestine
Iran�s Foreign Ministry said there is enough evidence to indicate that four Iranian diplomats abducted in northern Lebanon in 1982 were being held captive in Occupied Palestine.

 
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Secondary forex market starts operation
Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Valiollah Seif announced about official inauguration of secondary foreign exchange market on Wednesday, IRNA quoted him as saying on the sidelines of the cabinet meeting.

 
Iran unveils book detailing U.S. human rights violations in 2016 and 2017
The Islamic Republic unveiled late on Tuesday a book on systematic human rights violations by the United States during the years 2016 and 2017.

 
UN envoy holds �fruitful� talks with Yemen�s Ansarullah leader
The United Nations� envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, says he has held �fruitful� talks with the leader of Yemen�s Ansarullah (Houthi) movement, Abdul-Malik Badreddin, amid efforts to end fighting in the Red Sea port of Hudaydah.

 
ISIL says leader�s son died in Syria
Hudhayfah al-Badri, son of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Daesh) terrorist group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed during an attack by the jihadists in the central Syrian province of Homs, the ISIL propaganda agency Amaq announced on Tuesday.

 
Chinese military team visits Iranian Army�s NOHED brigade
A Chinese military delegation on Wednesday visited the Iranian Army�s 65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade (NOHED). They were welcomed by Sirous Amanollahi, the commander of the NOHED.

 
Austria says U.S. sanctions violate human rights
Austria and the European Union Commission believe that the United States� sanctions go against human rights, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen told a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani in Vienna on Wednesday.

 
IRGC Quds Force chief thanks Rouhani for oil threat
Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the IRGC Quds Force, has thanked President Hassan Rouhani for responding strongly to a U.S. plan aimed at reducing Iran�s oil sales.

 
U.S., Israel establish task force to incite protests in Iran: report
Israel and the U.S. have set a joint working group to put pressure on the Iranian establishment by stoking up protests in the country.

 
Saudi air raid on wedding party in Yemen is a �war crime�: Iran
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Wednesday that the Saudi-led airstrike on a wedding ceremony in Yemen which left 11 people killed is an instance of �war crime�.

 
Rouhani says U.S. will pay heavy cost for trying to isolate Iran
President Hassan Rouhani of Iran warned on Tuesday that Washington will pay a heavy cost for trying to isolate Iran. �The U.S. government�s objective is the isolation of the Iranian nation which will prove too costly� or the White House, Rouhani said in a meeting with Iranians living in Austria.