Iran Daily

EU allocates �18m to help offset US sanctions impact
The European Union agreed 18 million euros ($20.6 mln) in aid for Iran on Thursday, including for the private sector, to help offset the impact of US sanctions imposed after its withdrawal from the nuclear 2015 deal.

Oil prices rise as US sanctions on Iran cloud supply outlook
Oil prices rose more than 1 percent on Friday, supported by signs that US sanctions on Iran are already reducing global crude supply.

Trump says impeachment would sink economy
US President Donald Trump warned the US economy would collapse if he were impeached, as legal chaos roiling the White House had experts saying his presidency is under threat.

Iran clinches Asian men�s, women�s kabaddi titles; India reign ends
Iran grabbed both men�s and women�s kabaddi golds at the 2018 Asian Games in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Friday, leaving Indians � the sport�s kings � ruing.

Iran urges UN action after deadly strikes in Yemen
Iran on Friday condemned a Saudi-led airstrike that killed dozens of people in Yemen�s Hodeidah Province, urging the United Nations to help put an immediate end to the ongoing human crisis in the impoverished country.

UN invites Iran, Russia, Turkey to talks on Syria�s Constitutional Committee
UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura has invited Iran, Russia and Turkey to talks on Syria�s Constitutional Committee, to be held in Geneva on Sept. 11-12, a UN spokeswoman said on Friday.

ICJ to hear Iran�s challenge against US sanctions on Monday
Iran�s legal challenge against renewed sanctions by the United States goes before the UN�s top court Monday.

Leader appoints new IRGC Navy chief
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei appointed Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri as the new commander of the Iranian Navy�s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

Malaysian PM: US isolated after Iran nuclear deal pullout
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad believes the US was wrong to terminate its nuclear agreement with Iran, pointing out that the US had become isolated, as the European Union wanted to keep the agreement, malaysiakini.com reported.

Currency violators� trial due on Sunday
The trial of foreign currency violators will begin in Tehran courts on Sunday.

Iran president, FM condole with Ghanaian officials on Annan�s death
Iranian president and foreign minister sent condolence messages to Ghanaian officials on the death of former UN chief Kofi Annan.

 

Tehran Times

Japan to strengthen trade ties with Iran: Keidanren chairman
Hiroaki Nakanishi, the chairman of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), voiced his country�s readiness for boosting trade ties with Iran, IRNA reported on Thursday.

Leader appoints new IRGC commanders
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday appointed Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri as the new commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy.

Saudi regime strike kills 31 civilians, mostly children, in Yemen
At least 31 civilians, mostly children, have been killed after a Saudi regime-led airstrike hit their vehicle in Yemen�s Hudaydah province, only two weeks after a strike by the invading military coalition hit a school bus in the impoverished country and killed scores of Yemeni children.

Shameful history of the Munafiqeen
�Our mission was to attack the buses and set them on fire. The unit I was responsible for carried out four operations.

The passivity of UN against Zionist aggressions is deadly
UN Secretary General Ant�nio Guterres recently proposed a plan to protect Palestinians and their rights in the occupied territories against the crimes of the Zionist regime.

Iran�s women Kabaddi crush India
Iran�s women Kabaddi team react after defeating India during the women�s gold medal match at the 18th Asian Games in
Jakarta.

�EU�s 18 million euro aid not related to package to save nuclear deal�
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Thursday that the European Union�s 18 million euro aid for Iran has nothing to do with a package supposed to be offered to save the 2015 nuclear deal.

Zarif hopes ICJ would rule in favor of Iran
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that he hopes the International Court of Justice would
rule in favor of Iran in its lawsuit against the U.S. sanctions.

Never humiliate an Iranian!
Over the past days we heard news about the European Union�s 18 billion euro aid to Iran (the JCPOA).

U.S. has been replaced with UK in redesigning Arak heavy water reactor: Iran
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi said on Wednesday that the U.S. has been replaced with UK in redesigning the Arak heavy water reactor.

Date of Russia-Iran-Turkey summit already defined: Lavrov
The date of the meeting of the presidents of Russia, Iran and Turkey to be held in Tehran has been already defined, and it will be announced in the near future, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.