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Iran, US resume nuclear talks
Tehran and Washington began a new round of talks over Iran’s nuclear energy program in the Swiss city of Geneva on Friday.

 

UN: Yemeni sides agree on transitional council

The United Nations said on Friday the opposing sides in Yemen’s conflict have agreed on the formation of a democratic transitional council, which will be tasked with making efforts to end the chaos in the Arab country.

 

Iran self-sufficient in diesel production
Iran has stopped diesel imports, announced a director of the National Iranian Oil Company.

 

Eurozone considers Greece take-it-or-leave-it offer

French President Francois Hollande stressed on Friday that crisis-hit Greece should stay in the 19-nation eurozone, ahead of a crunch meeting in Brussels to consider a take-it-or-leave-it offer from the country.

 

Zarif: EU reimposition of ban defies logic

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the European Union (EU)’s move to put the country’s biggest tanker firm back on its sanctions list defies logic.

 

Deputy FM: Only political approach can settle Syria crisis
A top Iranian diplomat has hailed Syria’s recent gains against terrorists, saying terrorism has no place in the Arab country’s future.

 

Tehran, Dushanbe to form border workgroup

Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Thursday Tehran and Dushanbe will establish a joint workgroup to promote border security cooperation.

 

Tehran Times

 

Iran and U.S. resume nuclear talks

Iran and the United States restarted in- tensive nuclear talks in Geneva on Friday with the aim of narrowing remaining gaps in the run up for a political agreement by the end of March and a ?nal nuclear deal by July 1.

 

Larijani says Iran will never forgo right to nuclear technology

Par- liament Speaker Ali Larijani says Iran will never give up its right to nuclear technology under sanctions or pressure.

 

Solar, wind power to meet 10% of Iran’s energy needs

Some 10 per- cent of Iran’s need to electricity will be met by solar and wind power plants by Iranian calendar year 1400 (March 2021-March 2022), according to Homayoun Haeri, the managing director of the Iran Power Genera- tion, Transmission and Distribution Management Company (TAVANIR).

 

Car bombs kill 40 in eastern Libya

Three car bomb explosions killed 40 people and injured 70 in the eastern Libyan city of Qubbah (El Gubba, Quba) on Friday, parlia- mentary speaker Aguila Saleh said.

 

Al-Shabab stages deadly attack on Somalia luxury hotel

At least 11 people were killed, includ- ing a police o?cer, in an attack by al Shabab ?ghters on a luxury hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Fri- day, police sources said.

 

Yemen feuding parties agree on transitional council

Yemen’s feuding parties have agreed on a “people’s transitional council” to help govern the country and guide it out of a political crisis, UN mediator Jamal Benomar has announced.

 

Bahraini protester dies from poisonous gas inhalation

A Bahraini protester has died after spending a month in coma because of the inhalation of poi- sonous gas used by security forces in an anti-government demonstration, Press TV report- ed.

 

IAEA report reconfirms Iran’s nuclear program is transparent: envoy

The new report by the In- ternational Atomic Energy Agency re- con?rms that Iran’s nuclear activities are transparent and concerns by certain Western states in this regard are base- less, Iran’s ambassador to the IAEA said on Thursday.

 

Zarif calls re-imposition of sanctions on National Iranian Tanker Co. ‘illogical’

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has rea?rmed Iran’s stance that a nuclear deal would be reached only if the two negotiating sides agree on all issues.