Iran Daily

Merkel’s conservatives quarrel over party’s course
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) argued on Sunday over whether they should return to a more conservative agenda once she steps down as party chair as contenders to succeed her gear up for the leadership race.

Iranians mark US Embassy takeover
Iranians on Sunday held rallies nationwide to mark the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran.

North Korea warns of returning to nuclear policy
North Korea has warned the United States it will “seriously” consider returning to a state policy aimed at building nuclear weapons if Washington does not end its tough economic sanctions against Pyongyang.

Bahrain opposition leader sentenced to life by high court
Bahrain sentenced the head of the country’s Shia opposition movement to life in prison Sunday for spying for Qatar in a ruling rights groups have called a travesty.

Guardian Council refers bill on Iran’s accession to CFT to Parliament
Iran’s Guardian Council sent back a bill on the country’s accession to Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) treaty to Parliament, saying that it had found flaws in the bill.

Iraq rejects US interference in its affairs
The Iraqi Foreign Ministry rejected US interference in its affairs after the US Embassy in Baghdad in a statement called on Iran to respect Iraq’s sovereignty.

MP: Abducted Iranian border guards in full health
News delivered from Pakistan and information obtained by Iran confirm that abducted Iranian border guards are in full health, said an Iranian lawmaker.

Tehran Times

Guardian Council finds faults with CFT
bbasali Kadkhodaei, spokesman for the Guardian Council, announced on Sunday that the council had found 20 faults
with the CFT - a legislation to combat financing of terrorism - and rejected it.

Balloons to bring internet access at crisis times
A network of giant balloons will soon bring internet access in 31 provinces across Iran in order to manage telecommunication at the times of crisis, Mehr reported.

War-torn Yemen ‘living hell’ for children: UN
Conflict-ravaged Yemen has become a “living hell” for children with thousands dying every year from malnutrition and
easily preventable diseases, a top UN official said Sunday.

Scholar says Khashoggi murder questions Trump’s anti-Iran approach
Modjtaba Sadria, a prominent scholar, says that murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi questions the Trump administration’s tough approach towards Iran.

Dollars set on fire ahead of sanctions reimposition
A day before the anti-Iran sanctions come back into force, thousands took to the streets in Tehran on Sunday to condemn
the U.S. behavior toward Iran, especially under President Donald Trump’s administration.

Nation to thwart Trump’s plans: Larijani
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said in an open session of the parliament on Sunday that the U.S. has been interfering
in Iran’s internal affairs for more than 80 years, however the Iranian nation has always defused conspiracies, the Mehr news agency reported.

Iran sanctions ‘big mistake’: Nation of Islam leader
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has said reimposing sanctions against Iran by Washington is a “big mistake”, and that the era of U.S. totalitarianism in the world is over.

#DownWithUSA
Iranians on Sunday held a large gathering outside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran to cherish the memory of the capture of the “den of spies” in 1979, as the late Imam Khomeini called it back then.