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German FM: EU clarifying �final requirements� for Iran trade channel

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said the European Union is �clarifying the final requirements� for a payment mechanism aimed at facilitating non-dollar trade with Iran to circumvent US sanctions.

Zarif calls anti-Iran meeting in Poland a �desperate circus�

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif criticized Poland on Friday for jointly hosting an international meeting with the United States focused on the Middle East, particularly Iran, calling it a �desperate anti-Iran circus.

Clashes erupt in Yemen�s Hodeida despite truce

Clashes erupted between Houthi fighter and forces loyal to the former government in Yemen�s flashpoint port city of Hodeida on Saturday, dealing a new blow to a fragile truce.

Government shutdown becomes longest in US history

The partial government shutdown became the longest closure in US history when the clock ticked past midnight into early Saturday as President Donald Trump and nervous Republicans scrambled to find a way out of the mess.

Leader urges Iranian students� efforts to eliminate reliance on �aliens�

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called on Iranian students to make efforts to boost the country�s self-sufficiency in various areas and eliminate any reliance on �aliens.

Iran�s FM due in Iraq today

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said that the country�s top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to pay an official visit to Iraq on Sunday, according to IRNA.

MP: Iran�s refusal to pass FATF sought by enemy

A lawmaker said Iran�s refusal to pass the anti-money laundering laws demanded by the international community would be tantamount to �falling into a trap set by the enemy.

Tehran slams Paris stance on Iran�s missile program

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi criticized the French Foreign Ministry�s provocative comments about Iran�s ballistic missile program, urging Paris to avoid repeating such �irresponsible and incorrect� claims regarding the Islamic Republic�s defensive programs.

Iran extradites 242 Afghan convicts to Afghanistan

Iran extradited 242 Afghan convicts to their country, the country�s deputy justice minister said on Saturday.

Tehran Times

Polish meeting means opponents have lost Iran case: Shamkhani
Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran�s Supreme National Security Council, says for enemies looking forward to an anti-Iran summit means that they have lost their case against the country.

Iran home to largest cord blood bank in Middle East
Iran has the largest store of cord blood samples in Middle East by having collected 110,000 samples, announced the Managing Director of Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology.

Syria shoots downs �most of Israeli missiles� fired towards Damascus
Syrian air defenses have managed to destroy most of the missiles fired by Israeli warplanes toward the capital Damascus, Syrian state media say.

�Gadkari effect� on growing Iran-India relations

If the �Newton Effect� in physics has an equivalent in international diplomacy, we can describe what is happening to India-Iran relations as the �Gadkari Effect�.

�Level of mass-rigging in Bangladesh polls unprecedented in history of the country�

Last week, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina retained power with a landslide victory in general elections that were marred by incidents of violence and allegations of rigging.

Volunteer doctors dispatched to underprivileged areas of Tehran
A Group of volunteer doctors, known as Abouhamed, paid a visit to underprivileged areas on the outskirts of Tehran on Friday.

Leader urges students to work on Iran�s total independence
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has suggested that students should work on Iran�s total independence as an endeavor on the path of God.

EU says will not allow U.S. to determine its trade ties with Iran
The high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy says the United States cannot impose its policies on the 28-nation bloc�s legitimate trade relations with Iran.

�European sanction on Iran over claimed assassination plot is a criminal act�
Nozar Shafeie, an expert on international affairs, has said that the European Union�s sanctions against an Iranian intelligence service over claims of Iran�s assassination plot is a �criminal� act.