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Japan banks to resume Iran oil transactions

Major Japanese banks are set to resume Iranian oil transactions after receiving final regulatory clearance, paving the way for the country�s refiners to begin loadings as early as this month, sources with direct knowledge of the matter told S&P Global Platts Tuesday.

Rouhani: US attempts to undermine Iran�s regional role will fail

President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday the United States has been seeking to push Iran aside and take the matters of this region in its own hands, but that its attempts to undermine the Islamic Republic�s regional role will certainly fail.

Iran gov�t gets clearance for $30b foreign finance

The Iranian government has been allowed to get up to $30 billion in finance from foreign lenders for infrastructure projects, a spokesman for the Parliament�s ad-hoc budget review committee said on Tuesday.

UN delivered food for 9.5 million in Yemen last month

The UN food agency delivered emergency food and vouchers for over 9.5 million people in Yemen in December, just shy of its 10 million monthly target in the famine-threatened country, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

Erdogan says Turkey to create Syria �safe zone�

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he had discussed a safe zone which Turkey would set up inside Syria along the length of their border, during a phone call with US President Donald Trump which he described as positive.

Barzani: Without Iran, voice of Kurds wouldn�t reach anywhere

Iraqi Kurdistan Region�s Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani said Iran has always been a friend to the people of Kurdistan, stressing that �Without Iran�s help, the voice of the suppressed Kurds wouldn�t reach anywhere�. Barzani made the remarks in a trade conference attended by Iran�s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, which was held in Kurdistan�s city of Erbil on Tuesday, IRNA reported.

Minister: First satellite fails to reach orbit, second launch on agenda

Iran�s bid to put a satellite into orbit failed on Tuesday after the rocket carrying it did not reach escape velocity, as the country�s telecoms minister said a second launch would go ahead.

Iran summons Dutch ambassador over embassy attack

Iran�s Foreign Ministry summoned the Dutch ambassador to Tehran to voice the country�s protest over a recent attack by �some antirevolutionary elements� on the Islamic Republic� Embassy in The Hague.

Leader offers condolences over plane crash, urges full probe

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a message expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of a deadly plane crash in the northern city of Karaj and urged the authorities to find �possible flaws.

Tehran Times

Japan banks set to resume Iran oil transactions after regulatory clearance
Major Japanese banks are set to resume Iranian oil transactions after receiving final regulatory clearance, paving the way for the country�s refiners to begin loadings as early as this month, sources with direct knowledge of the matter told S&P Global Platts Tuesday.

Human resources main element for wealth creation: VP
Human resources is the most important element in the country which can create wealth, vice president for science and technology Sourena Sattari said during his speech at the 24th Razi Research Festival on Medical Science, which was held in Tehran on Sunday.

PMU stops U.S. recon mission on Syria border
Iraqi pro-government fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU/Hashd al-Sha�abi) have stopped a �suspicion reconnaissance mission� by the United
States military forces to collect critical information about the movements and positions of the voluntary forces in the country�s western province of Anbar and on the border with crisis-hit Syria.

Trump, Erdogan talk Syria �safe zone� amid war of words over Kurdish militants

The United States President Donald Trump has held talks with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the establishment of a militant-free safe zone in northern Syria, shortly after he threatened to �devastate� NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ally Turkey economically if it attacks Kurdish militants following Washington�s military withdrawal from the state.

IRGC inaugurates 5,400 projects in underprivileged areas
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) inaugurated some 5,400 projects implemented in underprivileged areas across the country, IRIB
reported on Tuesday.

Pompeo�s anti-Iran tour doomed to failure: Rouhani

President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo�s anti-Iran Middle East tour is doomed to failure, no matter how long it lasts, Mehr reported.

Diplomat says terrorism is an international challenge

Kazem Gharib Abadi, Iran�s representative to the Vienna-based international organizations, has said that
terrorism is a serious challenge to the international community.

�Poland�s hosting anti-Iran conference an insult to Europe�

Kamal Kharrazi, head of Iran�s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said on Tuesday that Poland�s action in hosting a U.S.-led anti-Iran conference is an insult to the Europeans� identity.

Tehran, Erbil stress friendly bonds

Foreign Minister Mohamma Javad Zarif on Tuesday made a tour of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq to review and reiterate close ties between the Islamic Republic and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

Officials call for closer Tehran-Damascus ties

The chairman of the Iranian parliament�s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee and Syrian President Bashar Assad in a Monday meeting un-derlined the importance of enhanced ties between the two countries.

Iran can resume 20% uraniumenrichment in 4 days: Salehi

Ali Akbar Salehi, director of Iran�s Atomic Energy Organization, has said that Iran can resume uranium enrichment to the purity of 20 percent in 3-4 days.