Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events:
 
Iran backs Yemen peace talks, wants end of crisis: state TV
Iran backs U.N.-sponsored Yemen peace talks, Iranian state TV reported on Monday, saying Tehran was ready to help find a political solution.

 
Zarif highlights US hypocritical behavior towards UN resolution
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said US is falsely accusing Iran of violating UN Security Council 2231 resolution while it has earlier breached the same resolution.

 
Iran’s oil sales predicted at 1.5mn bpd for $54 each in 2019
Spokesman for presiding board of the Iranian Parliament said Mon. that the government has estimated the sale of 1.5 million barrels of oil per day (bpd) for the next fiscal year (starting 21 Mar. 2019).

 
15 children ‘abducted’ from Pakistan recovered in Iran
At least 15 children “abducted from different areas of Pakistan” were recovered from an LPG container in Kerman province of Iran on Monday.

 
Iran to oppose US-initiated resolution against Hamas: FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif pledged that Tehran will battle in the United Nations General Assembly to block a draft resolution that the US has proposed against the Palestinian Resistance Movement, Hamas.

 
Venezuela calls for boosting strategic cooperation with Iran
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro voiced his country’s willingness to deepen relations with Iran in the wake of the re-imposition of unilateral sanctions by the US against Tehran.


Iran rules out talks on defense issues
Iran will not talk with any party on defense or domestic issues, the country’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday.



Iranian speaker says US call for talks insincere
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani decried the US call for negotiations with Iran as insincere, saying Washington should first make up for the violation of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

Iran eyes 15 ml Euro-4 gasoil output in Bandar Abbas
Plans are under way to fully operate the nitrogen production unit, gas turbine project and 17 product storage tanks at Bandar Abbas Refinery, Hormuzgan Province, southern Iran to supply 15 million liters per day of Euro-4 gasoil.

 
Iran captures two Chinese trawlers in southeastern territorial waters
The Director General of Fisheries office in the southwestern province of Sistan and Baluchistan said Sun. two Chinese fishing ships that were illegally searching for fish in Chabahar waters have been seized and their crew are awaiting trial.