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US visa waiver program inappropriate: French leader
President of the French Senate Gerard Larcher says a recent US law restricting visits to Iran is “unacceptable” and violates a July nuclear accord.  


 

Heavy water, US new excuse: Iran nuclear chief says
The Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Akbar Salehi in an exclusive interview with Alalam News Network has announced that the sale of heavy water was not included in the framework of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) implementation and could be done in another time but the other side is insisting to perform it before of the JOCPA implementation.



Larijani: Recent decision made by US parliament violates JCPOA
Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Monday that the recent decision made by the US parliament on banning visa for those travelers visiting Iran will harm the nuclear deal signed between Iran and G5+1 and is against the content of the agreement.

 
DM: Iran to implement JCPOA after west fulfills commitments
Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan underlined that Iran will implement the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action after the western countries show their commitment to the nuclear agreement reached between Tehran and the powers in Vienna in July.

New US visa law breaches Europe independence: Iran FM
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says a new US legislation to tighten visa-free travel to the United States breaches Europe’s independence.

 
Russia may grant $5 billion loan to Iran in 2016
Moscow may give Tehran a state export loan of $5 billion next year.

 
IRGC Navy commander: US presence in Persian Gulf cause of insecurity
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi underlined that security in the Persian Gulf can only be established by the regional countries, and deployment of the US forces in the region has provoked insecurity.

 

Iran’s GDP to increase to 4-5.5 in 2016 if economic sanctions lifted – IMF
Iran’s GDP is expected to increase up to 5.5 percent in 2016 due to the prospective lifting of economic sanctions, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated in a release on Monday.


 
President: Deepening the rifts in society, not a skill
President Hassan Rouhani said here Tuesday that deepening the rifts in the society is not a skill, stressing all should help make a coherent society.

 
Iranian MPs urge reaction to US, IAEA’s breach of JCPOA
 A number of Iranian lawmakers, in a letter to President Hassan Rouhani, voiced their protest at the breach of the recent nuclear deal with six world powers, also known as the JCPOA, by the US and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).