Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events:

 
Iran president: Yemen strikes show Saudi ‘mental imbalance’


Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says a Saudi-led offensive in Yemen was prompted by the Sunni kingdom’s failures elsewhere, causing what he called a “mental imbalance.”





P5+1, Iran political directors set to meet in Vienna on April 24


Final deal on Tehran’s nuclear program will benefit all sides and will boost regional stability, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday morning.





Iran’s nuclear negotiators due in Vienna tomorrow


 In a fresh round of nuclear talks between Iran and 5+1 in the Austrian city of Vienna, the team will hold talks with Helga Schmid on 21-22 April, and a Friday meeting at deputy level.





Iran’s Int’l status getting better day by day: President


Iranian President Hassan Rouhani hailed the favorable atmosphere created internationally following the progress in the nuclear talks between Tehran and world powers, saying that the country’s status has been improving “day by day”.





China, Pakistan sign gas pipeline deal for Iran imports


China has signed a deal with Pakistan to construct a pipeline to take Iran’s gas at border and take it across the country to the southern port of Gwadar.





World’s oil giants willing to resume activities in Iran


The world’s giant oil companies have expressed their willingness to enter the Iranian oil industry one after another on the verge of the expected nuclear deal between Iran and G5+1, and the landscape of lifting sanctions on Iran.





Iran, Syria, Switzerland discuss regional issues, Syria


Foreign ministry officials of Iran, Syria and Switzerland would meet in Tehran on Tuesday.





Iran, major steel exporter to Iraq


Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization has announced itself as the major steel and other mineral exporter to Iraq in 2013.





Iran nuclear deal to benefit everyone: President


Final deal on Tehran’s nuclear program will benefit all sides and will boost regional stability, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday morning.