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French state bank BPI to fund projects in Iran
Bpifrance, the country’s state investment bank, will finance investment projects of French companies in Iran from 2018, granting up to 500 million euros ($598 million) in annual credits, its CEO said in a newspaper interview on Sunday.

Iran blocks flights to Iraq’s Kurdish region ahead of referendum
Iran said on Sunday that it has halted all flights to and from Iraq’s Kurdistan at the request of Baghdad, a day before the autonomous region holds an independence referendum, opposed by Tehran.

UK negotiator dismisses reports of £40bn Brexit bill
Brexit negotiator David Davis on Sunday dismissed a report that Britain was prepared to pay a £40 billion ($54 billion, 45 billion euros) divorce bill on leaving the European Union.

Trump cranks up N. Korea threats as Pyongyang holds anti-US rally
US President Donald Trump dialed up the rhetoric against North Korea again at the weekend, warning the country’s foreign minister that he and leader Kim Jong-un “won’t be around much longer,” as Pyongyang staged a major anti-US rally.

Germans warned against apathy as Merkel heads for fourth term
Turnout slipped slightly in Germany’s election despite politicians warning that apathy could boost the far-right, expected to return to parliament after a half century’s absence, overshadowing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s expected victory.

FM: Iran not buying so-called beautiful weapons from US
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran is developing its own defenses instead of buying billions of dollars worth of the so-called beautiful military equipment from the US.

Army, IRGC begin military drills near western border
The ground forces of Iran’s Army and Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have started military drills in the country’s western area.

Iran, India, Oman discuss relations
Foreign ministers of Iran, India, and Oman held a meeting in New York to explore avenues for closer relations among the three Asian nations, with the focus on cooperation in the energy sector.

Envoy: Iraq cannot defeat enemies without Iran
The Iraqi ambassador to Iran praised the Islamic Republic for its continued support for the Arab country’s campaign against terrorism and said Baghdad cannot defeat its enemies without Tehran.

Iran calls for confronting genocide in Myanmar
Iran’s Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri called on his counterparts in some regional countries for their seriousness in confronting the ongoing genocide of Muslims in Myanmar.

 

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Zarif warns Iran could walk away from nuclear deal
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that his country has a number of options if the U.S. quits the 2015 nuclear deal including walking away from the agreement.

French bank to grant €500m annually to projects in Iran
Bpifrance, the country’s state investment bank, will finance investment projects of French companies in Iran from 2018, granting up to 500 million euros ($598 million) in annual credits, its CEO said in a newspaper interview on Sunday.

Storm clouds gather over Iraqi Kurdish referendum as tension rise
There are conflicting reports as to whether a referendum on possible secession of the Iraqi Kurdistan on Monday will go ahead as planned after several regional officials warned the vote could have serious consequences.

Another extremely dangerous crisis will emerge if Trump kills nuclear deal: Princeton researcher
Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a research scholar at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School and a former spokesman for Iran’s nuclear negotiators, has said “another very extremely dangerous crisis would grow up again in the Middle East” if the Donald Trump administration violates the nuclear deal by punishing countries doing business with Iran.

We have a generational opportunity to trounce the traffickers and smugglers of human misery
“When I refused to sell my body they sold me to another brothel”.

In symbolic move, people go to war fronts to counter invading Saddam army
On Sunday, in a symbolic move, groups of people wearing combat uniforms that bear camouflage pattern, started going to the war fronts to defend the country against the invading Saddam army.

Trump living in the past, Larijani says
Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump is not aware of the developments in the world, noting that it seems that Trump is lagging behind the time for “half a century”.

Iran closes airspace to Iraqi Kurdistan
Keyvan Khosravi, the spokesman of Iran’s Supreme national Security Council, announced on Sunday that Iran has closed its airspace to the Iraqi Kurdistan region upon a request by the Iraqi government.

After Trump speech, 134 countries voice support for Iran nuclear deal
One hundred and thirty four countries, under the banner of the Group of 77 at the United Nations, have voiced support for a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six other countries following a tirade
by U.S. President Donald Trump against Iran and the deal at the UN.

Susan Rice: Quitting nuclear deal will be ‘incredibly self-destructive’
Susan Rice, the former national security advisor to President Barack Obama, firmly defended the 2015 nuclear deal on Saturday, saying the U.S. will isolate itself if it pulls out of the deal.