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TEHRAN, Iran, Aug 27 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran has rejected France’s proposal, to include the missile programme in a new round of negotiations, an informed source said.

The source said, Iran has responded to the French President, Emmanuel Macron’s proposal, stressing, the country’s missile programme is not up for discussions.

Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, said earlier that, he is open to meet anybody, if national interests are at stake.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president back-pedaled Tuesday on possible talks with Donald Trump, saying the U.S. president must first lift sanctions imposed on Tehran, otherwise a meeting between the two would be a mere photo op.

Hassan Rouhani’s change of heart came a day after Trump said Monday that there’s a “really good chance” the two could meet on their nuclear impasse after a surprise intervention by French President Emmanuel Macron during the G-7 summit to try to bring Washington and Tehran together after decades of conflict.

26 Aug 2019; MEMO: Iran has dispatched a destroyer and a helicopter-carrying support ship to the Gulf of Aden “to provide security for Islamic Republic vessels in international waters”, according to the Iranian army chief on Monday, Anadolu reports.

Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said the “Sahand” destroyer, which was inducted into the navy last year, has been sent on its first overseas mission to the Gulf of Aden, according to the official IRNA news agency.

25 Aug 2019; MEMO: A senior Revolutionary Guards commander denied on Sunday that Iranian targets had been hit in Israeli air strikes in Syria, the semi-official ILNA news agency reported, according to Reuters.

Israeli aircraft on Saturday struck Iranian forces near Damascus that had been planning to launch “killer drones” at targets in Israel, an Israeli military spokesman said.

TEHRAN, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday that his talks with the French President Emmanuel Macron to salvage the international nuclear deal were "constructive," Press TV reported.

"France has offered proposals to Iran about ways to implement the Iranian nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and steps that the sides are required to take" to save the deal, Zarif said after his talks with the French president in Paris on Friday.

22 Aug 2019; MEMO: Iran unveiled its own locally-developed missile defence system today, and claimed that it beats the renowned Russian S-300 and US Patriot systems. The long-range surface-to-air missile system, Bavar-373, was unveiled in a ceremony in Tehran commemorating Iran’s National Defence Industry Day and attended by President Hassan Rouhani.

TEHRAN, August 21. /TASS/: Iran is willing to return to compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) if Europe restarts observing its provisions, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday.

"If Europe fulfils its deal obligations, we will return to complying with ours. We will do it even in case the United States won’t return to the JCPOA," the minister said. According to him, "it is not Iran, it is the US who is looking to destroy the nuclear deal." "We can return into compliance within a few hours," he underlined.

Tehran, Aug 21, IRNA – The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) in a statement issued on Wednesday said that Iran’s defense achievements and capabilities in ground, sea and aerospace have changed the country into a top and unrivalled regional power in compare with trans-regional states.

TEHRAN, Iran, Aug 21 (NNN-TASNIM) – An Iranian court started hearing the case of the British oil tanker, Stena Impero, which was captured by Iranian forces last month, for “violating international maritime regulations,” at the Strait of Hormuz.

According to Mohammad Rastad, deputy minister of roads and urban development, the documents and evidence of the seized tanker’s “violations” have been submitted to the court.

The case is being heard by the judicial authority, in the Iranian southern port city of Bandar Abbas, said Rastad.

19 Aug 2019; MEMO: Iran’s judiciary will decide whether or not to release the British oil tanker seized in Iranian waters, DPA reported the commander of the Iranian Navy saying.

“The British tanker has three violations, which must be dealt with,” Alireza Tangsiri said, stating that the Judiciary and Port Authority are entitled to make a decision on the fate of the tanker.