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Iranian, Chinese DMs stress expansion of defensive cooperation
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan and his Chinese counterpart General Chang Wanquan in a meeting in Beijing underlined development of cooperation between the two countries in military and defensive fields.

 
Iran’s Government to improve role of Iranian women within family, society
Iran’s Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi on Monday said that the government planned to improve the role of women within family and society.

Muslim World Merchants’ Union meeting held in Iran
Muslim businessmen have gathered on the Iranian island of Kish to attend the first meeting of Muslim World Merchants’ Union aimed at finding ways to boost business interactions, Press TV reports.

 
President Rouhani: Iran can turn into regional health hub
President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will gain self-sufficiency in meeting its needs to all the different types of vaccines and medicines in the near future, and said Iran can turn into a health and hygiene hub in the region.

Armenian FM: Yerevan ready to broaden cooperation with Tehran
Visiting Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said on Monday that Yerevan welcomes expansion of relations and cooperation with Tehran.


 
FM: Good will key to settlement of Iran’s N. standoff with west
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran and the six world powers (the US, Russia, China, France and Britain plus Germany) will be able to strike a comprehensive deal in their upcoming talks if only the sextet show good will.

 
World welcomes Iran’s ‘moderate and constructive spirit’
Iran’s FM spokeswoman has said esteem and respect lavished upon Iran by the world ‘is undeniable and obvious.’


 
Iran to make film on ancient persian empire “Cyrus the great”
Iranian screenwriter and filmmaker Massoud Jafari Jozani is preparing to make a historical epic movie about ancient Persian Empire, Cyrus the Great.

 
France’s Peugeot, Iran’s Khodro meet on resuming ties
The boss of French carmaker Peugeot Citroen has held talks with his Iranian joint venture partner to consider returning to the country, the official IRNA news agency reported Monday.

 
Experts of Iran, 5+1 to meet in New York tomorrow
Head of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team Hamid Baeidinejad said here on Monday that the new round of expert talks between Iran and the Group 5+1 will start in New York on Tuesday.


 

 

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