Iran Daily


Asian imports of Iranian oil in April rose 23% from a year ago
The four biggest buyers of Iranian crude oil in Asia increased their imports in April by nearly 23 percent from a year earlier as Tehran’s exemption from a global production cuts favors the country’s oil export drive.

Trump ‘poised to quit Paris climate deal’
President Donald Trump’s administration is poised to announce the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, US media reported on Wednesday.

Huge Kabul truck bomb kills 80, wounds hundreds
A powerful bomb hidden in a sewage tanker exploded in the morning rush hour in the center of the Afghan capital on Wednesday, police said, killing at least 80 people, wounding hundreds and damaging embassy buildings.

Iran signs deal with Gazprom on Farzad B
Iran has signed a basic agreement with Russia’s energy giant Gazprom on the development of Farzad B gas field — a project which the country has long been negotiating with an Indian consortium.

Russia fires cruise missiles at Daesh positions in Syria
Russia’s warship and submarine fired cruise missiles at the Daesh terror group’s targets around Palmyra in Syria from the Mediterranean, Moscow said Wednesday, the first such strikes announced in months.

Guardian Council confirms presidential election results
Iran’s Interior Ministry spokesman said that the Guardian Council in a letter confirmed the results of the 12th presidential elections, which saw President Hassan Rouhani reelected for another term in office.

MPs elect presiding board; Larijani, deputies reelected
The Iranian lawmakers on Wednesday elected the Parliament’s presiding board during an open session, with Ali Larijani securing the speaker post for the 10th consecutive year.

Qassemi: US ‘divisive’ policies aimed at plundering peoples’ assets
Iran rejected the recent claims by a US official against the Islamic Republic over assassination of an Arab envoy, saying that Washington policies are among the country’s strategic objectives to plunder the assets of regional peoples.


Tehran Times


Huge Kabul blast shows failure to counter terror, Iran regrets
Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday strongly condemned a huge bomb blast in the Afghan capital Kabul, saying failure to counter terrorism and cut support for the extremists have led to increase in number of terrorist attacks.

Trump decides to exit from Paris Climate deal despite EU’s objections
U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to withdraw the country from the 2015 Paris agreement aimed at curbing climate change, Axios reported.

CAO: Treasury Secretary’s remarks worried U.S., European firms
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Terner Mnuchin’s recent remarks had worried Airbus and Boeing companies more than Iran as it had affected international equities of the US and European firms, Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) spokesman said Wednesday.

UN chief takes veiled swipe at Trump on climate abdication
Facing the prospect that the United States will soon pull out of a landmark climate pact it helped negotiate, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday delivered an urgent appeal to the world to stay the course and implement the Paris Agreement, under which countries pledge to voluntarily curtail their emissions of greenhouse gases.

Iranian official urges UN action to end violation of human rights in Bahrain
A senior Iranian human rights official called on the United Nations to take measures to bring a halt to the organized violation of human rights by the Bahraini regime and force Manama to stop suppression of religious freedom.

Yemen health system mangled as cholera bites: UN envoy
The United Nations’ Yemen envoy says more than seven million people are facing the risk of famine in the impoverished country, which has been under incessant Saudi regime attacks for more than two years.

Seminary students protest in support of Sheikh Isa Qassim
Iranian seminary school students protest House of Khalifah regime’s sentence on the spiritual leader of Bahrain’s Shia majority, Sheikh Isa Qassim, in the Iranian holy city of Qom south of the capital Tehran.

Conservative Larijani reelected Majlis speaker
Having the distinction of being the only candidate, the leading conservative lawmaker Ali Larijani was re-elected speaker of Iran’s parliament on Wednesday, the tenth in a row lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to keep him in the position.

Zarif calls on former firebrand MP to officially apologize for false claims
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on a former parliamentarian to officially apologize for his latest comments which he said were “shameful”.

Guardian Council confirms result of presidential election
The Guardian Council has confirmed the result of the presidential election which was held on May 19, the Iranian Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday night.

Iran calls Gen. Mattis’ accusations ‘fabricated’
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Tuesday that accusations made by U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis against Iran are “unfounded” and “fabricated”.