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Johnson: PM wraps ‘suicide vest’ around UK over Brexit
Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal wraps “a suicide vest around the British constitution” and hands the detonator to the European Union, former foreign minister Boris Johnson said in comments that drew strong criticism.

Leader urges military to ‘scare off’ enemy
Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday urged the country’s armed forces to increase their power to “scare off” the enemy.

North Korea holds 70th anniversary parade, without ballistic missiles
Thousands of North Korean troops followed by artillery and tanks paraded through Pyongyang Sunday as the country celebrated its 70th birthday, but it refrained from displaying the intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Calm returns to Iraq’s Basra after week of protests
A sense of calm returned to Iraq’s southern city of Basra on Sunday after a week of violent protests over unemployment and poor public services that left at least 15 people dead and threatened stability in the oil-rich region.

Iran’s IRGC confirms missile attack on terrorists in Iraq’s Kurdistan
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in a statement on Sunday confirmed that it had launched a missile attack on a center in the Iraqi Kurdistan region on September 8.

Fresh signs Germany wants to keep Iran trade bonds
A new indication from Germany appeared on Sunday showing that the country’s businesses are eager to maintain their business bonds with Iran in the face of pressures by the United States to give them up.

Kerry: Trump proved Iranians right to say US cannot be trusted
The US former secretary of state John Kerry, the country’s top nuclear negotiator, said that Trump proved that Iranian people are right to say that the US cannot be trusted.

Determine imprisoned environmentalists’ fate sooner
The head of Iran’s Department of the Environment (DoE) called for determining sooner the fate of the seven environmentalists detained in the country on espionage charges since January.

Official: Footprint of foreign elements bold in attack on Iran’s Consulate
A senior international adviser to the Iranian parliament speaker said a recent attack on Iran’s Consulate in the Iraqi city of Basra bore the hallmarks of foreign elements.

 

Tehran Times

IRGC fires missiles at terrorist positions
In a statement released on Sunday, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) confirmed it had targeted positions of a terrorist group in the Iraqi Kurdistan with seven short-range surface-to-surface missiles, warning the terrorists that their repeated evil acts will be faced with a more severe response.

U.S. diplomatic missions behind Basra unrest: Iraq’s PMU
Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU/ Hashd al-Sha’abi) says it has evidence showing the United States diplomatic missions in the country have instigated the recent violence in the southern oilrich city of Basra.

Majlis to review bill on joining FATF
Behrouz Nemati, spokesman for the parliament presiding board, said on Sunday the bill on joining the Financial Action
Task Force (FATF) will be reviewed by the parliament after the two-week holidays.

Faint stars in a blackened heaven still exist
Trump, in fighting parlance, may be on the ropes, may be impeached sometime in the coming months, and it does appear that the Democrats may achieve a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in the midterm elections in November.

‘Foreign meddling traces in Basra unrest conspicuous’
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the Iranian Parliament Speaker’s Special Aide in International Affairs, said there are traces of
outside agents and warmongers in the region behind the attack on Iran’s mission in Basra.

Rial regaining value against foreign currencies: CBI governor
Iranian Central Bank Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati says that with the CBI’s intervention in foreign exchange market,
the rising trajectory of value for Iranian national currency rial has started.

Imam Hossein’s sacrifice, a true example of righteousness
Imam Hossein (AS), a name that has inspired billions of Muslims all over the world is bound to never fade or get past its glory.

Iranian nation has forced hegemons to retreat: Leader
Pointing to the U.S. government’s failed policy on Iran, the Leader of the Islamic revolution said on Sunday that Iran’s resistance against hegemonic powers, including the U.S., has forced them to retreat.

Trump’s JCPOA exit very ‘dangerous, ill-advised’: Kerry
Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has said that President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was a very “dangerous” and “ill-advised” move which works against American interests.

Tehran rejects Bahrain’s claim on Iranian nationals’ illegal entry
A spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday dismissed claims by the Bahraini security agency that it had arrested
14 Iranian nationals for illegal entry with fake Asian passports, stressing that Tehran has been provided with no documents in this regard.

Zarif: Trump regime flip-flops truly comical
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has hit out at recent remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who claimed that Tehran was not sufficiently supporting the Palestinians.

Ex-CBI chief under investigation over corruption case: Judiciary
The Iranian Judiciary is investigating the former governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) over recent economic corruption cases, the Judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei announced.