Iranian deputy oil minister for engineering, research and technology affairs said the ministry has signed 26 major deals with the country’s universities.

Seyed Hossein Mousavian
The time has come for a new and innovative model for peace in the Persian Gulf. Oman and Kuwait have already made good efforts toward achieving friendly relations and now the role of the UAE could be definitive.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif late on Monday slammed the European Union’s statement on Iran which is reducing its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal in response to the return of sanctions by the United States and inaction by the Europeans shield Iran from the sanctions effect.

Negar Mortazavi
Maximum pressure seems to have backfired and pushed Iran across the edge.

Tyler Cullis
Europe, in other words, must make a high-level political statement establishing a clear red line for the Trump administration and specifying the consequences to the United States from failing to observe this red line.

Iranian wushu fighters received gold medals in World Wushu Championships. Iranian writer is selected as Iran’s nominee for the 2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Iranian cinematographers receive nominations at Poland Camerimage. The masterpieces of Persian literature, recently been published in Japanese. Iranian wrestler wins gold medal in ANOC World Beach Games. Iranian actor is awarded with the 2019 Stockholm Achievement Award. The Iranian short film won the Golden Dove for best animated film at the 62nd DOK Leipzig. Iran U23 Greco-Roman team win world title. Iranian scientists will be awarded in the Mustafa Prize ceremony.

Paul R. Pillar
Confusion has prevailed regarding the purposes of the U.S. troop presence in Syria, and whether the declared purposes are the actual ones.

Peter Jenkins, former UK Ambassador to the IAEA and UN, says that the initiation of impeachment proceedings against President Trump has created a situation in which he may be readier to make concessions to Iran.

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution said on Sunday that the U.S. enmity against Tehran dates back to a Washington-sponsored coup against the legal government of Iran in 1953, noting that the U.S. in now weaker than that time but more “barbaric and flagrant”.

Stating that Iran and Cuba are paying the price of their resistance and insistence on their independence against the United States’ expansionist policies, the President said, “There is no doubt that the two countries will pass this phase with each other’s help and the imperialist powers have no way but to surrender to the Iranian and Cuban nations”.