Tehran Times
 
Maximum pressure on Iran an �abject failure�, Foreign Ministry says
Concurrent with the second anniversary of the U.S. unilateral exit from the 2015 nuclear agreement, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said Washington�s maximum pressure campaign has ended up being an �abject failure�.

 
Magnitude 5.1 quake in Tehran province kills 2, injures 33
An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale shook Tehran province early on Friday, killing two and injuring 33. The earthquake occurred at 00:48 a.m. at a depth of 7 kilometers near the city of Damavand, 56km northeast of Tehran.

 
UN Security Council to address Israel�s annexation plan later this month
A high-ranking Palestinian official says the UN Security Council is scheduled to convene later this month to discuss Israel�s controversial plan to annex much of the occupied West Bank, and to rally international pressure on the regime to abandon the decision.

 
U.S. pulling Patriot missiles from Saudi oil facilities
The United States is pulling its Patriot missile systems from Saudi soil as part of broader curbs on its military support for the Arab kingdom, a report says.

 
The last supermoon of 2020
The flower supermoon rises above Howz-e Soltan salt lake, 85 km south of Tehran, on Thursday, May 7, 2020.

 
Russia says U.S. nuclear deal exit has deteriorated Persian Gulf security
Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia�s permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organizations, has said that the United States� withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, has deteriorated security in the Persian Gulf region.

 
Iran urges U.S. to end unilateralism
Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has urged the United States to end its �abject unilateralism�.

 
Lavrov writes Zarif, says illegal sanctions hampers coronavirus fight
In a letter to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that the United States� �illegal sanctions� against Iran hamper fight against the coronavirus outbreak.

 
Iran Intelligence Ministry busts two terrorist groups, confiscates their arms cache
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry says it has dismantled two terrorist groups in the west and northwest of the country and confiscated a cache of arms from them.

 
Professor says U.S. sanctions harming Iranians� health
Marvin Zonis, a professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, has said that the United States� sanctions harm the Iranian people�s health.