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Senior lawmaker meets Italian delegation
Chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi met the head of the Italian parliamentary delegation in Tehran on Saturday.

 
Zarif in Turkey for talks
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Istanbul late on Saturday.

 
MP: No supervisory body for nuclear talks
A top Iranian MP has rejected reports that a group has been set up in the Majlis to oversee the activities of Tehran’s nuclear negotiating team.

 
US snowstorm kills 16
Pedestrians brave wind and snow as they cross Fifth Avenue, January 3, 2014, in New York. New York City public schools were closed Friday after up to 7 inches of snow fell by morning in the first snowstorm of the winter. A winter storm slammed into the US Northeast with howling winds and frigid cold, dumping nearly 60 centimeters of snow in some parts and whipping up.

 
Araqchi, Schmid to resolve remaining nuclear issues
Two top Iranian and European diplomats are to meet to resolve the remaining issues over Tehran’s nuclear energy program.

 
Minister: Government committed to support parties
Interior Minister Abdolrreza Rahmani Fazli said the government is determined to support political parties.

 
39 drug addicts die in rehab centers
The Welfare Organization said on Friday that 39 addicts died in the past Iranian year (ended on March 20, 2013) in drug rehabilitation centers.

 
Pakistan: Zarif’s visit improved ties
Pakistan said a recent trip by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to the country for a ministerial meeting of the Developing Eight (D8) group has created the opportunity to improve Tehran-Islamabad relations.

 
Iran invited to Munich security conference
Chairman of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) Wolfgang Ischinger has called upon Iran to dispatch a high-profile representative to the 50th edition of the international event.

 
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Zarif discusses Syria with Erdogan, Davutoglu
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held separate meetings with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul on Saturday.

 
Iraq preparing for ‘major attack’ to retake Fallujah
Iraq is preparing a “major attack” to retake militant-held Fallujah, a senior official said Sunday, spelling a new assault for the city, west of Baghdad, where U.S. forces repeatedly battled insurgents, AFP reported.

 
Saudi plane crash-lands, Iranian pilgrims injured]
Twenty nine pilgrims were injured when a Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) Boeing 767-300ER made an emergency landing at Medina airport in the west of the country early on Sunday, the General Authority of Civil Aviation said, Reuters reported.

 
Iran may top ‘must-visit’ list in 2014: travel specialists
Iran may be atop the list of “mustvisit” countries in 2014, a panel of experts at renowned travel agencies from around the world has predicted.

Israel rejects U.S. proposals on Jordan Valley
The Zionist regime of Israel rejects any U.S.- proposed security concessions for the Jordan Valley, a cabinet member close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, as U.S. Secretary John Kerry visited the occupied territories.

 
Pro-democracy demos held across Bahrain
People continue to hold antigovernment demonstrations across Bahrain as the Al Khalifa regime steps up its crackdown on protesters and activists.

 
Human body parts ‘fall from sky’ in Saudi Arabia
Human body parts fell from the sky in the city of Jeddah Sunday, with police saying they could be the remains of a person trapped in an airplane’s wheel bay.

 
Iran is 18th in the world in production of medical science: official
Iran is one of the top 20 countries in the world in the production of medical sciences, according to reliable international scientific centers, Iranian Deputy Health Minister Amir Mohsen Ziayee announced in Tehran on Sunday.

 
Iran ready to provide military aid to Iraq to deal with terrorists
Iran is ready to provide military aid to the Iraqi army to help it in the fight against al Qaeda-linked terrorists if the Arab country asks for Tehran’s help, the deputy chairman of Iran’s Joint Chiefs of Staff announced on Sunday.

 
Kerry says Iran could help on sidelines of Syrian peace talks
The United States on Sunday appeared for the first time to hold out the possibility that Iran might play a role on the sidelines of a Syria peace conference even if Tehran is not formally invited, Reuters reported.

 
IAEA experts to visit Gachin mine by Feb.: AEOI director
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors will travel to Iran to visit the Gachin uranium mine by the end of January, Iran’s nuclear chief announced on Sunday.

 
Tehran ready to reciprocate West’s confidence-building measures: Rafsanjani
Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has said that the Islamic Republic is ready to take confidencebuilding measures if the West also makes efforts to gain Tehran’s trust.

 
Italian parliamentary delegation meets Iranian FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held a meeting with members of a visiting Italian parliamentary delegation in Tehran on Sunday.