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US releases $8b of Iran’s blocked assets
The US has released $8 billion of Iran’s frozen assets Sunday, former head of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines, Alinaqi Khamoushi announced.

 
Inequality threatens stability
Growing income inequality is a major threat to social stability worldwide, according to a new report by the World Economic Forum.

 
Historic deal fuels jitters
US President Barack Obama has welcomed a historic nuclear deal between Iran and six major powers as ‘an important first step toward a comprehensive solution’.

 
Nuclear accord marks start of new Iran
President Hassan Rouhani praised an agreement with world powers to ease sanctions over the country’s nuclear program, saying the accord vindicates his government’s policy of engagement.

 
Ayatollah Khamenei praises nuclear deal
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has hailed the nuclear deal sealed between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany.

 
Leader highlights importance of strong Navy
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution emphasized the key role played by the Navy in the region, saying current conditions across the region have further highlighted the significance of the naval forces.

 
Tehran Times
 
The deal is done Leader
Iran and the six major powers reached a historic deal in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to which Tehran will offer some concessions in exchange for limited relief from the  sanctions imposed on the country.

 
Leader welcomes nuclear deal, praises negotiators
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised the Iranian negotiating team for their achievement in reaching a deal with the six major powers.

 
No need for parliament to ratify nuclear deal, former speaker says
Iranian MP Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel has dismissed the calls by some members of the Majlis, who say the recent nuclear deal must be ratified by the parliament.

 
Extremist Israeli settlers storm al-Aqsa Mosque
Dozens of extremist Israeli settlers have desecrated the al-Aqsa Mosque in East al-Quds (Jerusalem), which is the third holiest sitein Islam, when they stormed the mosque through Bab el-Magharbeh.

 
Lebanon hails Iran deal, warns about Israel’s nuclear program
Lebanon’s caretaker foreign minister, Adnan Mansour, has hailed the ‘positive’ historic nuclear agreement betweenthe six major powers and Iran but also warned about Israel’s nuclear

program.

 
Family repudiates suspected bomber behind Iran Embassy attack
The family of one of the two suspected suicide bombers behind last week’s deadly attack on the Iranian Embassy in Beirut publicly renounced him on Sunday for carrying out the “criminal act.”

 
‘Velayati appointed  director of Expediency Council research center after consultation with Leader’
Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said the appointment of Ali Akbar Velayati as the director of the Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council made after consultation with the Supreme Leader.

 
Leader calls for a more powerful naval force to be organized
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that the Iranian Navy’s aim must be to organize a military force befitting the status of the Iranian nation and the causes of the Islamic system.

 
World recognizes Iran’s nuclear rights: Rouhani
President Hassan Rouhani  said on Sunday that the world powers have recognized Iran’s nuclear rights in the negotiations which led to a breakthrough deal on Sunday.

 
Iran to stage major naval dril
The commander of the Navy announced on Sunday that Iran would stage a major naval exercise, entitled Velayat-92, in the Iranian calendar month of Dey (December 22, 2013 to January 21, 2014).

 
Lebanon identifies second Iran embassy bomber: source
Lebanese authorities have identified the second suicide bomber who attacked the Iranian embassy in Beirut as a Palestinian man with ties to a fugitive Lebanese  extremist cleric, Reuters quoted a security source as saying on Saturday.