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Saturday 12 September 2020 - 18:37
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Iran English language newspaper headlines on Saturday, 12-9-2020

Iran News Daily
 
Tehran Urges London To Settle Debt Over Undelivered Tanks
The Iranian Defense Ministry urges the United Kingdom to take practical and expeditious steps to settle a staggering 40-year-plus debt to Tehran over tanks that London had been supposed to deliver to the country.

 
New Development Projects Inaugurated in Iran FTZs
President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday opened 58 development projects in northwest, south, center and east of the country.

 
Iran Test Fires Advanced Missiles in Combat Drills
Iran test fires advanced missiles with different ranges during its annual military drill, designated Zolfaghar 99. The coast-to-sea, coast-to-air and sea-to-sea missiles, dubbed Shalamcheh, Nasr, Ghader and Dehlavieh were fired from the coastline, naval warships, helicopters and mobile launchers hitting mock enemy positions and target drones with high precision.

 

 
Irans Trade With India, Japan, Faces Significant Drop
New data released by Irans major trading partners show a significant drop in Iranian imports, as well as the nations exports to Iran.The Indian Ministry of Finance shared data Wednesday showing a 23-fold drop in Indias imports from Iran in the first seven months of 2020.

 
Yemen Launches Drone, Missile Attacks Against Saudi Capital
Yemeni armed forces have launched missile and drones strikes against a strategic target in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, as they step up their campaign of retaliation against the aggressor kingdom.

 
Armenia and Iran Discuss Bilateral Agenda
At the initiative of the Armenian side, a phone conversation was held between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Iran Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Mohammad Javad Zarif.

 
Iran Scolds Arab Quartet Committees Groundless Allegations
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Saeed Khatibzadeh has dismissed as hackneyed and groundless the allegations raised in a statement by the self-proclaimed Arab Quartet Committee.

 
MP Criticizes French Magazines Sacrilege of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)
Chairman of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament Mojtaba Zolnouri slammed insulting Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and other prophets, saying such a measure on the pretext of freedom of speech hurt Muslims feelings.

 
Implementation of Resistance Economy Policies Thwarts U.S. Plans
The First Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Eshaq Jahangiri said that if it were not for the policies of the resistance economy, the Americans would achieve their goals in confronting Iran.

 
Tehran, Baghdad to Form Joint Committee for Arbaeen Ritual
The Iranian and Iraqi health ministers stressed the need to establish a joint committee to hold the glorious mourning ceremony in Arba?een.

 
Tehran Times
 
Projects worth over $3.5b inaugurated in free zones
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated 58 development projects with a total investment of about 150 trillion rials (over $3.5 billion) in the countrys free trade zones and special economic zones through video conference on Thursday, IRNA reported.

 
Iran advises Arab League to counter main source of threat in the region
Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Thursday that the Arab League should focus on countering the main source of threat in the region instead of issuing heinous and hollow statements.

 
Iran launches intl. poetry award on Imam Hussein (AS)
The Iran Cultural Center in Pretoria and the Islamic Center of Johannesburg have jointly launched an international poetry award to honor two poems composed in Persian and English on Imam Hussein and his uprising.

 
E3 rejects U.S. attempt to trigger snapback sanctions against Iran
The European troika (the United Kingdom, Germany and France) has rejected the United States attempt to trigger snapback
mechanism and restore all the UN sanctions against Iran.

 
Tehraners protest French magazine for resurfaced insult toward Muslims
People of all walks of life gathered in Tehrans Imam Hussein Square on Thursday to protest the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdos reprinting of insulting cartoons of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) as well as desecration of the Quran in Sweden.

 
Run-off parliamentary elections held in eight provinces
Voters in eight provinces cast ballot for the second round of parliamentary elections.

 
Iran calls Microsofts claims about cyberattacks farcical
Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has rejected claims by Microsoft about Irans cyberattacks around the United States presidential elections, calling them farcical.

 
Iran slams Canadian suits over downed Ukrainian plane as politically-motivated
Tehran has reacted to reports of Canadian lawsuits delivered to Iran over the accidental shooting down of a Ukrainian
passenger plane by the Iranian military in January.
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