Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events:
 
British Airways to resume direct flights to Iran
British Airways will resume direct flights from London to Tehran later, after suspending them four years ago.

 
AEOI chief: Construction of 2 nuclear power plants to start in Sept
Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced that the operations to construct two new nuclear power plant in Bushehr in Southern Iran will start in coming days.

 
U.S., others agreed ‘secret’ exemptions for Iran after nuclear deal – report
The United States and its negotiating partners agreed “in secret” to allow Iran to evade some restrictions in last year’s landmark nuclear agreement in order to meet the deadline for it to start getting relief from economic sanctions, according to a report reviewed by Reuters.

 
IRGC forces arrest dual national in Northern Iran
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) force arrested an individual with dual Iranian-American nationality in the country’s northeastern province of Golestan.





GOP leaders promise legislation on $400M payment to Iran
A House leader promised Wednesday that Republicans controlling the chamber will pass legislation addressing the Obama administration’s $400 million payment to Iran in January, made immediately after four U.S. prisoners were released.




France’s Orange Says in Talks with Iran on Cooperation
French telecoms operator Orange is in talks with Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran (MCI) over potential cooperation, an official with the corporation said.


 

Navy forces escorted 3,200 vessels in recent years: Sayyari
Iran’s Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said in this northern province on Thursday that the navy forces have escorted some 3,200 merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden in recent years.


 
Russia eyes mutual visa-free travel exchange with India, Vietnam, Iran
Russia’s Federal Tourism Agency proposes mutual visa-free group tourist exchanges with India, Vietnam and Iran, head of the agency Oleg Safonov said in an interview with TASS.

 
Retired Iranian General killed while battling militants in Syria’s Aleppo
Ahmad Gholami, a retired Iranian general who used to serve as a commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) died after he had been seriously wounded during the fight against terrorists in Aleppo.

 

Russian diplomat says US unilateral sanctions against Iran ‘big hindrance’
The US administration has implemented ‘from start to finish’ everything envisaged in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran’s nuclear program “but it hasn’t moved any further,” Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Tass on Wednesday.