*** IRAN DAILY
--- Iran dismisses US deadline for Vienna talks as ‘fabricated’
As the remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal prepare to continue negotiations in the Austrian capital to revive the pact, Iran dismissed attempts by the United States to set a deadline for the Vienna negotiations to bear fruit, calling it “fabricated”.
Speaking at a press conference in Tehran on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said the US would better focus on its plan A rather than threatening Iran with a plan B.
-- MP: Presence of Iranian diplomats in Jeddah prelude to reopening of embassies
Diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, which have a history of vicissitudes, were severed by the Arab kingdom in January 2016 after Iranian protesters, outraged by the Saudi government’s execution of prominent Siha cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, stormed its embassy in Tehran and its consulate in Mashhad.
-- Launch of Iran-China deal ‘strategic success’: Top security official
Iran’s top security official on Monday commended as “a strategic success” a decision by Tehran and Beijing to implement a long-term partnership deal in defiance of US pressure.
“The implementation of the 25-year agreement between Iran and China, as the second-largest economy in the world, is a strategic success for Tehran, while the United States continues to exclude Iran from global economic interactions through unilateralism and continued pressure,” Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani tweeted in English, Persian, Hebrew and Arabic.
*** KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL
-- Yemen’s Army Announces Retaliatory Op Inside UAE
Three people were killed in a suspected drone attack that set off a blast and a fire in Abu Dhabi on Monday, officials said, as Yemen’s army announced retaliatory operations in the United Arab Emirates.
Three petrol tanks exploded near the storage facility of oil giant ADNOC, while a fire ignited in a construction area at Abu Dhabi airport.
-- Saudi Bid to Modernize Economy Hits the Rocks
Saudi Arabia courted the world’s top companies to modernize its economy. Instead, the business environment has grown more hostile and investors are souring on the oil-rich kingdom.
Uber Technologies Inc., General Electric Co. and other foreign firms were hit by surprise tax assessments often totaling tens of millions of dollars.
-- Zionist Police Run Over Iconic Activist With Tow Truck
Suleiman al-Hathalin succumbed on Monday to wounds sustained when an Israeli police tow truck ran him over two weeks ago.
Hathalin was receiving treatment for serious wounds he sustained to the head, chest, abdomen and pelvis at al-Mizan hospital in Al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank, where he was pronounced dead this morning.
*** TEHRAN TIMES
-- Iran, Russia: Closer Than Ever
Americans say U.S. democracy is in danger; there never was one Donald Trump has jumped on the opportunity of President Joe Biden’s popularity evaporating into thin air after one year in office to blast his former democratic contender and repeat his argument that the last election was rigged and stolen. Well it appears that Americans are now feeling the same way about the election and democracy in the United States.
-- American basketballer Buycks enjoys to play in Iran
Dwight Buycks, American professional basketball player of Chemidor Qom Basketball Club, has talked about playing in the Iranian Super League. The 32-year-old point guard, in an interview with Tehran Times, has explained about his life in Iran in his first year in the country.
-- U.S. not following any diplomatic ethics: Pakistani analyst
A member of an Islamabad-based think tank says that Washington is not committed to any diplomatic ethics or obligation. “The U.S. does not follow any diplomatic ethics or obligation they undertake in any agreement,” Zafar Iqbal Yousafzai, a senior research associate at Strategic Vision Institute (SVI), tells the Tehran Times.
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