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Rostami eyes Rio weightlifting gold
Iranian weightlifter Kianoush Rostami plans to earn a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Iranian weightlifter Kianoush Rostami plans to earn a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The UAE says it is ready to send ground forces to Syria under the US leadership.

The UK’s Labour leader says he will push for Britain to stay in European Union.

Iran has told India to make outstanding payments over past oil sales in euros within six months.

Junior Iranian squash player Alireza Shameli is named among the best athletes in Asia.

An Iranian female football official, Zohreh Haratian, has been invited to the second edition of the FIFA Women’s Football and Leadership Conference in Switzerland.

Iran and Russia are working toward removing visa requirements for their citizens.

A top Daesh commander is killed in an airstrike in the Iraqi province of Nineveh.

Turkish president says Turkey would let in Syrian refugees if necessary.

The death toll from the recent earthquake in southern Taiwan rises to 24, with 120 people still missing.

Thousands of junior doctors, health officials and activists hold a rally to protest the UK government’s proposed contract changes.

More than 3,000 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the Zika virus.

Iran and the European Union will hold a new round of talks in Tehran on Monday.

South Korea and the US say they will formally begin talks on a US plan to deploy a missile system to the Korean Peninsula.

An Israeli minister says Egypt flooded Gaza's tunnels at the request of Tel Aviv.

Iran is reportedly looking to lease land in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania for large-scale food production to serve local and export markets.

At least one policeman is killed and eight other people are injured in a roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan.

A senior IRGC commander says Saudi Arabia’s planned deployment of troops to Syria is a political joke.