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Iran rejects WSJ claim on Leader�s letter to Obama
Iran has strongly dismissed a claim by the�Wall Street Journal�that Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has sent a letter to US President Barack Obama.

Iran, China hold mutual nuclear talks in Tehran
Iran�s top nuclear negotiator and his Chinese counterpart in the P5+1 discussed latest developments of nuclear talks in Tehran on Sunday stressing the need for continuation of Tehran-Beijing close consultations.


 
China foreign minister pushes Iran on nuclear deal
A deal with�Iran�on its controversial nuclear program would help it escape from sanctions and allow more efforts to be spent on economic development, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a trip to Tehran.

 
Sealing off skies: Iran finalizes 360 degree early warning air defense radar
Iran is close to deploying an early-warning radar system of its own to detect missile launches, stealth aircraft and drones thousands of kilometers from its borders. Once fully deployed, the Sepehr radar system will secure Iran�s entire airspace.

 
Iran launches domestic search engine Yooz
�Iranian search engine �Yooz� capable of searching through one billion Persian websites has been launched today with support of the Ministry of Communications and IT.






Iran eying Russia ties in new atmosphere: Defense Minister
�Iran�s Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan signaled a new phase of cooperation with Russia that could put an end to a lingering row over the S-300, an air defense system Moscow has been committed to sell to Tehran.






Iranian lawmakers agree to allocate $300m for defense, security infrastructure
Iranian lawmakers agreed to allocate over $300 million of the next year�s budget for boosting defense and security infrastructure of the country.

 
Leader�s aide underlines Iran�s strategic ties with China
Iranian Supreme Leader�s top aide Ali Akbar Velayati in a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stressed that Tehran sees relations with Beijing as strategic and important.






Iran condemns ISIL crimes against 21 Egyptian Christian
�Iran�s FM spokeswoman decried ISIL inhuman crimes against 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya.

 
Nuclear deal possible if world powers avoid anti-Iran sanctions: Diplomat
An Iranian deputy foreign minister reiterated that the nuclear talks between Tehran and six world powers would result in a final agreement if the sextet refrains from resorting to anti-Iran sanctions.