News in Brief
Diplomatic ties with Maldives restored
IRNA – Iran and the Maldives have decided to restore diplomatic relations after more than seven years.
The decision was made at a meeting between the two countries’ foreign ministers on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. The Maldives severed ties with Iran months after Saudi Arabia severed its relations with Tehran in January 2016.
Iraq fully implements security deal with Iran: Iraqi FM
PRESS TV – Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said his country has implemented all clauses of a security agreement with neighboring Iran that entails the complete disarmament and re-location of anti-Iran terrorist groups operating in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region.
The top Iraqi diplomat went on to highlight the political and security aspects of the pact, stating that Iran’s cessation of artillery bombardments on the positions of secessionist groups in the Kurdistan Region was among the conditions of the agreement. Iraq, in return, is obligated to remove armed elements from border areas. The central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have managed to successfully undertake the task, Hussein noted.
Iran has no plan to have nukes: Lavrov
MNA – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Iran does not have a plan to build nuclear arms.
No one wants more nuclear powers to emerge in the world, and Moscow believes that since Iran will not have nuclear weapons, Saudi Arabia won’t be tempted to obtain them, Lavrov said at a press conference on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, according to TASS news agency.