Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events:
 
Iranian, Russian presidents Ink 7 cooperation agreements
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin inked 7 agreements and MoUs for boosting mutual cooperation.

 
Leader urges Islamic countries to cooperate against terrorism
 Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday called for formation of a coalition of Muslim countries in the fight against terrorists sponsored by the US and certain regional states.

Stephen Mull meets with Araqchi on JCPOA
 US coordinator for the implementation of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Stephen Mull met with with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi here on Tuesday.

 
President Rouhani: Iran to boost gas output to 1bln c/m per day
President Hassan Rouhani announced here in Monday that Iran’s gas output will hit one billion cubic meters within next two years from the current 600 million cubic meters.

 
Leader: US should not be allowed to speak of splitting Iraq
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei voiced concern over foreign plots to sow discord among Iraqi people, stressing that the Arab country should boost national unity so that the US dare not speak of Iraq’s disintegration.

 
IRGC strongly denies rumors about Quds Force commander General Soleimani’s injury
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps strongly rejected rumors spread by the terrorist groups about IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani being wounded in Syria, stressing that the senior commander is “healthy and cheerful”.

 
Refugee crisis to persist if terrorism not tackled: Iran
Iran’s envoy to the United Nations (UN) has described terror threats in the Middle East as the root cause of the ongoing refugee crisis in the world, saying the crisis will not be settled as long as countries fail to effectively root out terrorism and extremism.

 
Iran hopes to start constructing more phases in N. plant in early 2016
Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran(AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi expressed the hope that construction of Phase 2 and Phase 3 of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant would be started jointly with Russia by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (which ends on March 20, 2016).

 


President Rouhani: Iran, Russia serious in fighting terrorism
 Iranian and Russian presidents in a meeting in Tehran on Monday underlined the need for the further expansion of bilateral ties and mutual cooperation.

 
850,000 visas issued to Arbaeen pilgrims: Iranian official
 Iraqi authorities have issued 850, 000 visas to Iranian pilgrims planning to visit Iraq’s holy city of Karbala for Arbaeen, the head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization said Tuesday.