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BP mulls business in Iran
BP is in talks about a return to Iran that could mean the oil company investing billions in the country where it was founded more than a century ago.

 
Dep. roads minister: Foreign participation leads to prosperity
A confab titled ‘Investment Opportunities in Transportation, Housing and Urban Development’ wrapped up in Tehran on Saturday.

 
Natural childbirth on the rise
The dramatic decline in infant mortality rate over the past year in Iran has been associated with an increase in the rate of natural childbirth, as a result of National Health Overhaul Plan, said Nahid Khodakarami, the head of Iranian Midwifery Organization in an interview with Iran Daily.

 
Russia presses attacks on terrorists despite West’s opposition
Russia on Saturday pressed ahead with its aerial campaign in Syria, bombing the ISIL terrorist group’s stronghold after the United States and its allies accused Moscow of targeting the so-called moderate rebel groups.

 
US airstrike on Kunduz hospital claims 16 lives
A US airstrike hit a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, killing at least 16 people in what the US military called possible “collateral damage” in the battle to oust Taliban terrorists from the city.

 
BP mulls business in Iran
BP is in talks about a return to Iran that could mean the oil company investing billions in the country where it was founded more than a century ago.

 
Tehran urges Manama to stop blame game
A senior Iranian diplomat called on Bahraini authorities to stop playing a blame game over domestic problems in the tiny Persian Gulf Arab kingdom and act with prudence.

 
FM, AL chief stress regional cooperation
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Arab League Secretary General Nabil Elaraby held a meeting in New York on the sidelines of the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

 
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Rouhani to Riyadh: Iran will use ‘language of power’ if necessary
President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that Iran has used the “language of brotherhood, politeness and policy” regarding the Mina tragedy but it will use the “language of power” if necessary

 
Iran endeavors to achieve 8% economic growth: VP
Iranian First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri says the country endeavors to achieve a target economic growth of 8 percent by the end of the sixth five-year development plan (2021), the IRNA News Agency reported Saturday.

 
Bodies of all pilgrims to be transferred to Iran by Friday: health minister
Health Minister Hassan Qazizdeh Hashemi says the bodies of all Iranian pilgrims who died in a stampede in Mina near Mecca on September 24 will be transferred to the country by Friday.

 
Iran’s 6-month tax income exceeds $8.8 billion
Iran’s direct tax income reached 310 trillion rials (about $8.8 billion) in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), the Fars News Agency quoted Ali Askari, Iran’s Tax Affairs Organization Director, as saying on Saturday.

 
NAM urges reforms in UN Security Council structure
The NonAligned Movement (NAM) has called for comprehensive reforms in the structure of the United Nations Security Council.

 
Sepp Blatter expresses condolence on Norouzi’s death
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) President Sepp Blatter expressed his sadness over death of former Iran striker and Persepolis captain Hadi Norouzi.

 
Croatia calls Iran an influential power
Croatian Parliament Speaker Josip Leko has called Iran an “important” and “influential” power.

 
Tycoon Babak Zanjani stands trial
Iran has held the first hearing in the trial of Iranian super-billionaire Babak Zanjani, who is facing corruption charges.

 
IRGC ready for ‘quick and tough’ reaction to Saudi Arabia: Jafari
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari has vowed that his forces are prepared to show a quick and tough reaction to Saudi Arabia over the recent deadly crush in Mina, near the Saudi city of Mecca, on September 24, which killed 465 Iranian nationals.

 
Tehran orders Bahrain’s envoy to leave Iran
The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Friday declared Bahrain’s second diplomat in Tehran Bassam Dalhan al-Dosari as “persona non grata”, asking him to leave the country within 72 hours in response to Bahrain’s recalling its ambassador to Iran.

 
Kerry, Zarif discuss nuclear deal: State Department
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met on Friday to discuss implementation of the agreement on Iran’s nuclear program, the State Department said in a statement.