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Iran reopens film group in hint of moderate shift
Iranian authorities say a prominent center for filmmakers and artists can reopen, more than 20 months after it was closed by hard-liners.

 
Rouhani talks with Kyrgyz counterpart
President Hassan Rohani conferred with his Kyrgyz counterpart Almazbek Atambayev on the sidelines of the 13th Shanghai Cooperation Organization Thursday.

 
Ex-nuclear negotiator appointed to Iran security body
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed hardline former top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili Thursday to Iran’s top security council for three years, state television reported.

 
Iran says it will cooperate with U.N. nuclear watchdog
Iran’s new envoy to the U.N. nuclear agency said on Thursday he would cooperate with it to “overcome existing issues once and for all”, potentially signalling a more flexible approach from Tehran’s new administration.

 
Leader appoints Shamkhani as representative to SNSC
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a decree on Thursday appointed Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani as his representative to the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).

 
Officials head to Lake Oroumiyeh to look for salty solution
Head of the Department of Environment (DOE) Masoumeh Ebtakar and Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian are to visit Lake Oroumiyeh to see first hand the current condition of the endangered natural habitat and to look for solutions to reverse the crisis in that water basin.

 
IRGC official sees evacuation of camp Ashraf as Iraqis’ retaliation
A top official with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said the attack on Camp Ashraf on September and its subsequent was a partial revenge of the Iraqi people for the pain and suffering the MKO terrorist group inflicted on them.

 

 

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