Iran Daily


Rouhani vows support for Syria against terrorism
President Hassan Rouhani vowed on Tuesday that Iran will continue to back Syria in its fight against “terrorism”.

Minister: OPEC should restore quota system for oil output
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said in the medium- to long-term, OPEC should restore a quota system for oil output.

Pakistani journalists: Foreigners keen on Iran’s culture, must-see sites
A Pakistani media delegation visited Iran Cultural and Press Institute (ICPI) on Tuesday and held a meeting with the institute’s Managing Director Mohammad-Taqi Roghaniha as well as Iran Daily’s Editor-in-Chief Kambakhsh Khalaji.

Clinton boosted by US presidential debate
US presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump jumped back onto the campaign trail Tuesday after a bitter first head-to-head debate in which Clinton frequently forced her prickly opponent on to the back foot.

Colombia, FARC sign peace accord
Colombia’s center-right government and the Marxist FARC rebel group signed a peace deal on Monday to end a half-century war that killed a quarter of a million people and once took the Andean country to the brink of collapse.

Nasrallah: Wahhabism even more evil than Israel
The head of the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah said he considers the radical ideology of Wahhabism to be even more pernicious than the Israeli regime.

Araqchi: Certain countries not living up to NPT commitments
The world is deeply worried about the weapons present in the armories of nuclear countries as they are capable of totally destroying human civilization, said an Iranian official.

Four terrorists arrested in western Iran
Iran’s intelligence and security forces captured four terrorists in the western city of Marivan in Kurdestan Province, before they could find an opportunity to carry out acts of terrorism.

President: Telling the truth will encourage people to support national plans
President Hassan Rouhani said, “Telling people the truth will encourage them to support national plans.” He stressed that presenting unreal statistics is a great sin and a national treason.

Iranian naval fleet docks at Karachi port
Iran’s Navy is expanding its presence in international waters with the aim of promoting its readiness in its military operations.


Tehran Times

Rouhani: Iran presses ahead with assisting Syria
In a meeting with Syrian Parliament Speaker Hadiya Khalaf Abbas in Tehran on Tuesday President Hassan Rouhani renewed Tehran’s support for the war-torn Syria, saying any attempt to redraw regional borders will not be in the best interests of the region.

Iran’s H1 gas exports up 3.4% y/y
Iran’s gas exports reached near 4 billion cubic meters in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), registering a 3.4 percent rise compared to the same period in the preceding year, Shana quoted a gas official as saying on Tuesday.

Iran insists inter-Syrian dialogue is only way to end crisis
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani on Tuesday reiterated Tehran’s long-standing position that inter-Syrian dialogue is the only way to put an end to the ongoing crisis in the country.

“Red Peace” wins award at Cyprus film festival
Iranian director Rahim Toofan’s short film “Red Peace” received the Golden Aphrodite Award for best director in the veteran’s short film category of the Cyprus International Film Festival (CYIFF), which was held in Paphos, Cyprus from September 14 to 25.

‘Terrorism and Zionism are two sides of same coin’
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, a foreign policy advisor to the parliament speaker, called Zionism and terrorism two sides the same coin which should be fight with.

Smuggled goods worth $2b seized in Iran in 6 months
Smuggled goods worth 70 trillion rials (nearly $2 billion) were seized over the past six months in Iran, the head of the anti-smuggling task force said on Monday.

Turkey, Iran want ‘gradual’ free trade deal: Iranian official
A leading Iranian economy official in Ankara has said Turkey and Iran have been in talks to increase the number of items within the scope of their preferential trade deal and the two sides will sign a free trade deal if these items hit 265.

Polish trade delegation due in Tehran next week
A 50-member Polish trade delegation headed by the country’s deputy minister for economic development will leave Poland for Tehran on October 2, Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) announced on Sunday.

Report: Iran has arrested four Kurdish terrorists
Four members of a Kurdish terrorist cell were arrested a week ago in western Iran, according to a report by Tasnim news agency released on Tuesday.

Salehi calls talks with Russian, U.S. and IAEA officials ‘constructive’
Ali Akbar Salehi, chief of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said on Monday that his talks with Sergey Kirienko, the head of Rosatom, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano were “positive” and “constructive”.