Tehran will operate 174 advanced IR-M2 centrifuges at Natanz nuclear facility, said Iran’s Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna, Austria, Kazem Gharibabadi.

Exports of the Iranian cars generated a total of $5.722 million for the country over the past calendar year ending March 19, 2020, Iranian customs office (IRICA) announced on Sunday.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a telephone call on Sunday evening congratulated Faisal Mekdad on his appointment as the new Foreign Minister of Syria.

US health care workers and others recommended for the nation’s first COVID-19 inoculations could start getting shots within a day or two of regulatory consent next month, a top official of the government’s vaccine development effort said.

Iran’s trade with the European Union decreased by 11 percent in the first nine months of 2020 compared to the same period last year, amounting to €3.34 billion, while Iran’s exports to EU member states rose 13 percent.

Iran produced over 18 million tons of iron pellets during March 20-October 21, which marks a 14.7 percent increase compared to the figure for the same period last year, which was 15.6 million tons.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani congratulated Lebanon on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of Independence Day, reaffirming Tehran’s support for Beirut and its preparedness to strengthen bilateral relations.

Hundreds of protesters broke into Guatemala‏’‏s Congress and burned part of the ‎building amid growing demonstrations against President Alejandro Giammattei and ‎the legislature for approving a budget that cut educational and health spending.‎

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Political analysts and American lawmakers warned about a US plan to label the Houthi Ansarullah movement a “foreign terrorist organization”, saying it would aggravate the already dire humanitarian situation in Yemen caused by years of a Saudi-led war and blockade.