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Rouhani hails Turkey�s stance on US anti-Iran sanctions
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday praised Turkey�s stance on the US sanctions against Iran, describing it as �good and decisive".

 
US, China face off again at WTO
China and the United States traded barbs again Wednesday at the World Trade Organization, with the US ambassador accusing China of technology theft while Beijing�s envoy retorted that the US was �finger-pointing".

 
UK to put forward UN resolution to protect Yemen truce
Britain will put forward a UN Security Council on the conflict in Yemen to be voted on later this week, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt told Parliament on Wednesday.

 
Iran plans export platform to counter �economic war�
Iran has finalized a directive under which exporters would have to sell their foreign currency earnings on an online trading platform administered by the government, Economy and Finance Minister Farhad Dejpasand said.

 
EU implements Brexit �no deal� contingency plans
The European Union on Wednesday adopted backup plans to protect air transport and financial markets in the event Britain leaves without a Brexit deal in 100 days.

 
Mogherini: JCPOA opens new channels to engage with Iran
The Iran nuclear deal created new channels for engagement with Tehran, European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said.

 
Larijani: US cannot achieve its goals if Iran uses capabilities
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said the US would not be able to reach its objectives behind the sanctions against Iran if the country�s assets and capabilities are tapped.

 
APDIM opens office in Tehran
Asian and Pacific Center for the Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM) opened an office in a ceremony in Tehran on Wednesday.

 
Tehran Times
 
Zarif: West finally compelled to accept Iran�s political solution to Syrian crisis
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday� that �the West has now been compelled to accept� Iran�s political solution to the Syrian crisis.

 
India plans to pay 5 Iranian banks for oil purchases
India will use escrow accounts of five Iranian banks held with UCO Bank Ltd. to deposit money for oil purchases from the Middle East producer to overcome
U.S. sanctions, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

 
U.S. preparing for �full� and �rapid� withdrawal from Syria
Planning is underway for a �full� and �rapid� withdrawal of the United States troops from Syria, a U.S. defense official told CNN on Wednesday.

 
Iran won�t keep silent about JCPOA violations: Kharrazi
Kamal Kharrazi, head of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, says Iran would not remain silent if the remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal fail to fulfill their commitments.

 
Araqchi meets Finnish officials in Helsinki
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi, who was on tour of Finland, held separate meetings with a number of Finnish officials in Helsinki, according to the Foreign Ministry website.

 
Europeans have new offer about SPV: MP
Morteza Saffari Natanzi, a member of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has said that the Europeans have offered that a judicial body in one of the European countries should host the special purpose vehicle (SPV).

 
Rouhani lauds Erdogan�s strong stance against sanctions as he visits Turkey
President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday praised Turkey and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan�s �decisive stance� against the U.S. sanctions on Iran, Mehr reported.
Switzerland prepares to launch Iran payments channel
Switzerland is close to launching an initiative to let companies sell food, medicine and medical devices to� ran using a payments channel that would be the first
such mechanism to win Washington�s approval since it reimposed sanctions against Tehran.