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The top French lawmaker, who ar- rived in Tehran late on Monday, said that high-ranking French officials are fully aware of potentials and capac- ities of Iran, making an all-out effort to expand ties with the Islamic Re- public. The Iranian bank governor, for his part, underscored the vitality of boost- ing bilateral banking relations and called such ties the prerequisite for enhancement of mutual economic co- Faraj Samadi Faraj operation. “Italian, Austrian and German IRNA/ banks have developed coopera- tion with Iran in the post-sanctions era but the French banking system POLITICS A confidential report by the “Throughout the reporting period, Iran had plus Germany - finalized the text of the Joint has been very cautious about im- IAEA: Iran is deskInternational Atomic Energy no more than 130 metric tons of heavy water Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vi- proving bilateral relations with its Agency (IAEA) seen by Reuters says that Iran ... Iran’s total enriched uranium (up to 3.67 per- enna in July 2015. Iranian counterparts,” Seif added has kept to a nuclear deal it agreed with six cent purity) stockpile did not exceed 300 kg,” In July 2015, the UN Security Council turned noting that three branches of Ira- sticking to nuclear world powers last year. the report said, citing the nuclear deal’s limits the JCPOA into international law by endorsing nian banks have currently received The report did not point to any violations on the two substances. a resolution, setting the stage for the lifting of the required permits to start their deal, Reuters says in Tehran’s observance of the deal, Reuters re- Iran and the 5+1 group - the United the Security Council sanctions against Iran. activities in France. ported on Thursday. States, Britain, France, China and Russia The nuclear deal went into effect in January 2016. 4 Confab introduces Rouhani congratulates Tajikistan on independence anniversary Kerry tries again Iranian market with Lavrov on to Turks POLITICS TEHRAN — Iranian Presi- Rouhani added that the two countries will Syria deskdent Hassan Rouhani sent expand cooperation in various areas given the ECONOMY TEHRAN — Some a message to President Emomali Rahmon of cultural affinities between the two nations. United States Secretary of State John desk300 Turkish compa- Tajikistan on Friday and congratulated the Tajik Tajikistan declared independence from the Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister nies attended the conference on intro- people and government on the 25th anniver- Soviet Union on September 9, 1991, as a result Sergei Lavrov resumed negotiations ducing Iranian market held in Konya, sary of the country’s independence. of the breakup of the Soviet Union. on a Syrian ceasefire plan on Friday, Turkey, IRNA news reported on Friday. “The Islamic Republic of Iran has stood beside According to Wikipedia, a civil war was with U.S. officials saying they believed As reported, during the meeting the Tajik people since the time Tajikistan gained fought almost immediately after independ- a deal was still possible but warning Iranian and Turkish economic activ- independence and has always made efforts to ence, lasting from 1992 to 1997. Since the end the talks could not go on forever. ists underlined expansion of bilateral expand bilateral cooperation in line with common of the war, newly established political stability Senior State Department officials ties between the two countries and interests of the two countries by establishing deep and foreign aid have allowed the country’s briefing reporters on Kerry’s flight to admitted that economic activities in and friendly relations,” he said. economy to grow. Switzerland played down the pros- each country can be complementary pect of a final breakthrough on Syria to those in the other one. from Friday's talks, although they said Hamid Zadboom, Iranian Commer- Saudi rulers benefit from Tehran-Riyadh rift: official "steady progress" had been made in cial Attaché to Turkey, called for crea- recent weeks. tion of joint ventures between Turkish “We’ve been taking issues off the POLITICS TEHRAN — Hos- Saudi Arabia cut its diplomatic against the incident and those channels without ending diplo- economic activists and the Iranian pri- table because we’ve reached an un- desksein Amir-Ab- ties with Iran following the storm- who were to blame. matic relations with the monarchy,” vate sector in various sectors including derstanding on them and continue dollahian, top adviser to the Ira- ing of its diplomaticplomatic postsposts inin “The Saudis could have re- the Iranian official added. furniture, home appliances, auto parts, to have some issues that remain out- nian parliament speaker, has said Tehran Mashhadhad in JanuarJanuary.y. acted didifferently,”fferen Ami-Abdol- There were 464 Iranians among textile, and petrochemical products. standing and that we have been una- that the Saudi rulers benefit from Denouncingng tthehe wwaywardayward llahianahian saisaid.d. the hundreds of pilgrims who died in He asked the Turkish businessmen ble to close,” one official said. the impasse in relations Tehran protesters whowho stormed the “Ir“Iranan coucouldld likewise have cut a stampede in Mina on September to travel to Iran and get familiar with Issues still to be resolved were and Riyadh. Saudi diplomaticomatic com- ddiplomaticiplomatic rrelationse with the 24, 2015, during the annual hajj ritual. the Iranian market. “highly technical and complicated”, This is while for Iran “relations pounds, AAmi-Ab-mi-Ab- SaSaudisudis over the Mina The incident marked the worst the official said. “We can’t guarantee with other countries in the region dollahian saidid tthathat tragetragedy,dy but the Islamic tragedy that has ever happened at this point that we are on the cusp are built upon mutual respect and even the Leadereader RepuRepublicb reacted ra- during hajj. National libraries of finishing.” interests, and Saudi Arabia is no of the Islamicmic tiontionally and pursued Iran has repeatedly criticized The United States and Russia have of Iran, South exception,” Ami-Abdollahian said, Revolutionn the case through the Saudi rulers for falling short of backed opposite sides in Syria's civil war, Tasnim reported on Friday. spoke out lelegalg and political ensuring the safety of hajj pilgrims. Korea ink MOU which shows little sign of ending after 5-1/2 years of violence in which half the CULTURE TEHRAN — The pre-war population has been uproot- deskNational Library and ed. Moscow supports President Bashar Archives of Iran (NLAI) and the Nation- Putin, Erdogan discuss Aleppo over phone al-Assad and Washington supports the al Library of Korea (NLK) have signed Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish itants under siege in Aleppo and now hopes to in Turkey begins around September 12. opposition, saying Assad must go. a memorandum of understanding counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have dis- capture the whole city in what would be a dev- Erdogan had met separately with Putin and Kerry’s meeting with Lavrov is their (MOU) to expand bilateral cooperation. cussed the Syria conflict in a phone conversa- astating blow to the country's enemies. the United States President Barack Obama on third in two weeks and they have spo- tion, the Kremlin says. Turkey and other countries opposed to the the sidelines of the recent G20 meeting in Chi- ken several times by telephone to They agreed to continue coordinating ef- Syrian government have intensified their par- na, telling them both that it was essential to try to narrow differences on a Syrian forts to achieve a resolution in Syria, it said in a leys, putting forth a proposal through the “op- agree to a truce for Aleppo. peace plan. statement on Friday. position” which they support, for Assad to step In a major blow to Takfiri groups on Thurs- A second U.S. official said that while Turkey's Anadolu news agency said Erdo- down. day, Syrian soldiers liberated the militant-held Kerry would try to make progress, “pa- gan told Putin that it was essential to agree to a Anadolu said Ankara is hoping a ceasefire district of Ramouseh, which served as a stra- tience is not infinite” and the United ceasefire in Aleppo “as soon as possible.” will be implemented in Aleppo for the Feast of tegic corridor for the terrorists into other occu- States would not simply keep talking The Syrian army has put foreign-backed mil- the Sacrifice (Eid al-Adha) Islamic holiday which pied districts of Aleppo. 13 if a conclusion was not reached “rela- tively soon”. The MOU was inked by NLAI Depu- The officials declined to elaborate ty Director Shahram Yusefifar and NLK on what Washington might do if the Chief Executive Lim Won-sun during a The Tehran Times new pocket-sized glossary is now available on the market.