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Head of Russian Duma to visit Iran
Chairman of Russian State Duma Sergei Naryshkin, heading a delegation, is due to travel to Tehran in mid-October, an official said here on Saturday.

 
Zarif, Kerry, Ashton to meet in Oman in early November
Iran�s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, US Secretary of State John Kerry and outgoing EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will hold talks on Tehran�s nuclear issue in Oman early next month.

Iran, China foreign ministers stress need for growing ties
Foreign ministers of Iran and China in a meeting here on Friday stressed the need for expanding mutual relations.

 
Vice-speaker reaffirms Iran�s firm stance on N. rights
Iranian Parliament Vice-Speaker Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi Fard said on Saturday that Tehran will powerfully continue the talks with the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, France and Britain plus Germany), but would never give up its inalienable nuclear rights.

Iran says 93 percent of executions drug-related
Responding to a United Nations report criticizing death sentences in Iran, a senior official in the Islamic Republic is saying that 93 percent of executions in the country involve drug smuggling.

Iran asks for China�s more active role in N. talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in his meetings with Chinese officials in Beijing called on China to play a more active role in the nuclear talks between Tehran and the world powers.

 

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