News in Brief
MP: UAE legal action over isles will fail
ISNA – An Iranian lawmaker said the UAE will not get any result if it files a complaint in the international legal bodies against Iran over the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.
Abolfazl Amouei, the spokesman for the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Parliament, underlined that the three islands — Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa — are part of Iran’s territory.
BRICS bank could help offset sanctions: Qalibaf
ISNA – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Iran’s membership in BRICS’ New Development Bank will help Iran nullify sanctions imposed by the Western countries.
He made the remarks upon his arrival in Tehran from a trip to South Africa to participate in the 9th BRICS Parliamentary Forum.
Fire at Tehran battery factory doused
IRNA – Iran’s Defense Ministry says it has extinguished a fire in one of its factories north of the capital, Tehran.
The ministry said the fire broke out on Thursday at a car battery factory for the second time in less than a week.
No one was injured in the blaze, which erupted in an area where plastic waste is stored.