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West Unhappy Over Iran’s Development Under Sanctions
Iran’s ambassador to IAEA, Kazem Gharibabadi stated that main concerns of western countries of the realization of Iran-China cooperation is Iran’s progress and development during the sanctions.

 
Some 25m Iranians Have Contracted COVID-19
The Iranian president has cited a report by the Health Ministry suggesting an estimated 25 million people in the country have contracted the novel coronavirus so far.

 
188 More COVID-19 Infected Iranians Die
Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Saturday that some 188 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 13,979.

 
Foreign Airlines Resuming Flights to Iran
An official at Iran Civil Aviation Organization says the international airlines’ decision to resume and increase their Iran-bound flights in defiance of a recent warning from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) about flying above Iran is a clear sign of the Iranian airspace safety.

 
EU Deeply Concerned Over U.S. Growing Use of Sanctions
High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said on Friday he was deeply concerned over the growing use of sanctions, or the threat of sanctions, by the United States against European companies and interests.

 
Zarif to Depart for Baghdad Today
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will depart Tehran to Baghdad today (Sunday).

 
Iran Not to Let Enemies Prance Around Its Territorial Waters
A senior naval commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps says Iran will never allow the foreign forces to prance around its territorial waters.

 
Iran Ready to Mediate Between Azerbaijan, Armenia
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif voiced Tehran’s readiness to mediate between Azerbaijan and Armenia following a flare-up of tensions between the two neighbors.

 
Tehran Warns Seoul Over Blocking Oil Revenues
Iranian Parliament’s Vice-Speaker lambasted the South Korean government for freezing of Iran’s oil revenues under the US pressure.

 
Majlis Pursues Economic Diplomacy
The Head of the Iranian Parliament’s Economic Commission called economic diplomacy as one of the significant potentials and priorities that the Commission will pursue.

 
Auto Production Volume at 18% Growth in Current Year
Poduction of vehicles by domestic car manufacturers registered an 18 percent growth since the beginning of the current year (started March 21) up to July 14.

 
Sistan, Baluchestan Exports 54k Tons of Cement to Afghanistan
Head of Road and Transportation Department of Sistan and Baluchestan Ayoub Kord said on Saturday that as of March 20, 54,000 tons of cement have been exported to Afghanistan from the province.The consignment has been transported via 2,056 cargoes of trucks through Milak joint board in the said time, Kord said.

 
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Iran’s value of exports to UAE rises 8% in a quarter on year
The value of Iran’s exports to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) increased eight percent during the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-June 20) compared to the first quarter of the past year, director-general of TPO’s office of Arabian and African countries announced.

 
Iranian publisher thanks health workers with book presents
Elmi-Farhangi, a major publishing house in Tehran, has handed out packages of its books as presents to the
medical workers at the Milad and Masih Daneshvari hospitals to thank them in battling COVID-19.

 
Tourism projects worth $3.8b underway in Khorasan Razavi
A total of 248 tourism-related projects worth 162 trillion rials (around $3.8 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials) are currently underway in Khorasan Razavi province, which is a top destination both for pilgrims and holidaymakers.

 
Over 2,500 prisoners of unintentional crimes released
Mostazafan Foundation helped to free 2,574 inmates of unintentional crimes from prison, Parviz Fattah, the Foundation’s director has announced.

 
Iranians recovered from COVID-19 donate plasma
Patients who have recovered from coronavirus referred to blood transfusion center at a hospital
in Tehran for plasma donation, July 18, 2020.

 
Envoy calls Iran-China long term cooperation a wise decision
Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s ambassador to the Vienna-based international organizations, has said that a long term cooperation plan between Iran and China is a “right” and “wise” decision.

 
Iran-China deal is ‘pragmatic’: CGTN
In a commentary on its website on Thursday, the CGTN (China Global Television Network) says the impending 25-year comprehensive cooperation agreement between Iran and China is “primarily pragmatic”.

 
China, Russia, Iran call for measures to confront ‘U.S. unilateralism’
China and Russia have joined Iran to express strong opposition to the “U.S. unilateralism” in international
affairs amid a widening rift between Washington and Beijing over a litany of political and economic issues.