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Iran builds new centrifuge rotor plant
Iran has built a factory that can produce rotors for up to 60 centrifuges a day in order to enhance its uranium enrichment capacity, Iran’s nuclear chief said on Wednesday.

 
Zarif urges EU to ‘back up commitments with actions’
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the European Union can do more to bring about peace and stability in the Middle East and needs to back up its commitments with actions.

 
Preparations start to evacuate besieged Syria towns
Nearly 90 buses and several ambulances arrived in Kefraya and al-Foua, both in Syria’s northwestern Idlib Province, as part of an evacuation deal to get locals out of the Shia-majority towns, which have been besieged by terrorists since March 2015.

 
Trump defends performance at Helsinki summit
Taking to Twitter early Wednesday, US President Donald Trump defended anew his much-criticized performance at the Helsinki summit, promising “big results” from better relations with Russia and hitting back at “haters".

 
President to reshuffle cabinet
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani is considering nominees to reshuffle his cabinet in due course of time, his chief of staff said on Wednesday.

 
Defense Ministry: Iran to overhaul, manufacture up to 800 tanks
Iran’s Defense Ministry said it plans to overhaul and manufacture up to 800 tanks as part of the country’s plans to boost its defense power.

 
Caspian leaders to meet in Kazakhstan in August
The next summit of the five Caspian Sea littoral states will be held in the Kazakh city of Aktau on August 12.

 
Tehran Times
 
Iran finalizes centrifuge rotor factory
Nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi has announced that a factory manufacturing rotors used for producing advanced centrifuge machines has been completed.

 
Europe underestimating its power, Zarif says
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the European Union can do more to bring about peace and stability to the Middle East, and needs to back-up its commitments with actions.

 
IRICA, IRU discuss easing transit between Iran, Europe
In a meeting between head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) Foroud Asgari and secretary general at World Road Transport Organization (IRU) Umberto de Pretto, the two sides discussed easing transit of goods between Iran and Europe, IRIB reported on Wednesday.

 
Netanyahu acts like a beggar: Velayati
Ali Akbar Velayati, a top foreign policy adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acts like a beggar by making travels to other countries to beg for others’ help.

 
Tehran to host gathering of diplomats abroad
A gathering of Iranian ambassadors and heads of missions abroad is to be held in Tehran next week, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Wednesday.

 
Iranian military chief visits Pakistan-Afghanistan border
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Baqeri paid a visit to the Pakistan-Afghanistan Torkham border, IRNA reported on Wednesday.

 
Tehran: Trump made 8 requests to meet Rouhani
Presidential chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi announced on Wednesday that President Hassan Rouhani had received eight requests from his American counterpart, Donald Trump, for a meeting.

 
Iran welcomes Muslim figures’ call for three-month ceasefire in Yemen
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has hailed a statement by a number of respectable political figures from Muslim countries to stop the ongoing war in Yemen for three months.