Iran Daily

China rejects US demand to cut Iran oil imports
China has rejected a US demand to cut Iranian oil imports despite Washington�s attempts to block the Islamic Republic�s oil sales, according to a Bloomberg report on Friday.

State refiners drive India�s July Iran oil imports to record
India�s monthly oil imports from Iran surged by about 30 percent to a record 768,000 barrels per day (bpd) in July, as state refiners� intake surged ahead of US sanctions in November, preliminary tanker arrival data obtained by Reuters showed.

Iran, ASEAN ink cooperation treaty
Iran on Thursday officially joined a friendship treaty with the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), in a move which could lead to broader economic cooperation between the Islamic Republic and the organization�s member states.

At least 55 killed in Saudi airstrikes on Hodeida
At least 55 people, including women and children, have been killed in Yemen�s Red Sea port city of Hodeida in air raids carried out by a Saudi-led alliance, the Health Ministry said.

Attackers kill 29 in Afghan mosque
Attackers opened fire on a Shia mosque during Friday prayers and set off at least one suicide blast, killing at least 29 people and injuring dozens of others in southeastern Afghanistan, officials said.

Zarif meetings in Singapore focus on JCPOA, bilateral ties
The Iranian foreign minister held separate meetings with high-ranking officials attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Singapore, where they discussed Iran�s nuclear deal, bilateral ties and regional and international issues.

Iran questions US military presence in Persian Gulf
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif derided the US military presence in the Persian Gulf and slammed the US Navy for using fictitious name to refer to the Persian Gulf.

Pilot error main cause of crash in Tehran-Yasouj flight
�Pilot error� has been the reason for the plane crash in Tehran-Yasouj flight, announced the Civil Aviation Organization of Islamic Republic of Iran (CAO.IRI).

Iran: Saudi Hodeida attack continuation of �horrifying genocide� of Yemenis
Iran strongly condemned recent airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition that killed scores of people in the western Yemeni province of Hodeida.

Tehran Times

 

Berlin stops cash transfer amid EU package to counter U.S. JCPOA exit
Germany�s central bank, the Bundesbank, has revised its regulations to stop Iran from withdrawing �320 million ($400 million) in cash from the country�s bank accounts, the German newspaper BILD disclosed.

Tehran questions U.S. military presence in its �backyard�
In a tweet on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday criticized the
presence of U.S. military forces in the Persian Gulf and questioned why U.S. forces are �in Iran�s backyard� some 7,000 miles away from home.

China rejects U.S. request to cut Iran oil imports
The U.S. has been unable to persuade China to cut Iranian oil imports, according to two officials familiar with the negotiations, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump�s efforts to isolate the Islamic Republic after his withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear accord.

Army Games� Intl. Depth Competition underway in Nowshahr
Iranian city Nowshahr is hosting the intl. depth competition as part of the 2018 Intl.

Iran, China call relations �strategic�
Chief diplomats from Iran and China have called Tehran-Beijing ties �strategic�.

Top Iranian parliamentarian hails growing ties with Russia
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Wednesday lauded close cooperation between Tehran and Moscow on regional issues, hailing Russia�s role in forging 2015 nuclear deal, from which the U.S. withdrew in May.

Zarif says no plan to meet Pompeo
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday that he has no plan to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Singapore.

�Sanctions on Turkish ministers sign of U.S. �extortion in lieu of statecraft��
Iran�s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has lambasted Washington for using sanctions - this time against Turkey - as a tool to pressure other countries.

French FM telephones Iranian counterpart on JCPOA
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian telephoned his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday to discuss the latest developments surrounding the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, aka the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).