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TEHRAN, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the U.S. government still follows anti-Iran economic pressure policy adopted by former President Donald Trump, official IRNA news agency reported.

Iran "has been facing an economic terrorism since three years ago. What Trump did against Iran was more a war than sanctions," Rouhani said in a cabinet meeting, adding Trump's successor "continues committing his crimes."

29 June 2021; MEMO: Iran reported on Tuesday that the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, first discovered in India, was detected in more than 10 people, Anadolu Agency reported.

"Unfortunately, more than 10 cases of Delta variant were detected in Mashhad yesterday evening," Mehdi Kelyan, deputy rector of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, told the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA).

TEHRAN, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iran has drones capable of flying 7,000 kilometres, the commander of its Revolutionary Guard force said.

“We have drones which can fly 7,000 kilometres, without a pilot, and land back at the same spot or anywhere else,” General Hossein Salami said in a speech broadcast by state television.

He gave no other details but the new drone would give it a range of 3,500 kilometres, compared to 2,000 kilometres for Iran’s “Gaza” combat drone unveiled earlier this year.

28 June 2021; MEMO: The Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission on Sunday said the report presented by Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi, on the progress of the nuclear talks currently taking place in Vienna to revive the nuclear agreement between the world powers and Iran, was "unsatisfactory".

TEHRAN, Jun 27 (NNN-IRNA) – Spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry, said yesterday, Iran will not negotiate endlessly over the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, urging the United States to abandon the “failed legacy” of former President Donald Trump.

Iran has actively participated in the Vienna talks, aimed at the revival of the Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which the United States tried to “destroy,” Saeed Khatibzadeh tweeted.

TEHRAN, Jun 27 (NNN-IRNA) – The head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), Ali Akbar Salehi, said yesterrday that, the Bushehr nuclear power plant, which was shut down temporarily last week, will enter the circuit in the following days.

“The temporary shut-down of the Bushehr nuclear power plant was due to technical issues. This problem is almost solved and the power plant will enter the circuit within the next two or three days,” Salehi was quoted as saying.

27 June 2021; MEMO: Iran said on Saturday it believes a reinstatement of its 2015 nuclear deal with major world powers is possible but warned that Tehran "will not negotiate forever", reports Reuters.

"Out of a steadfast commitment to salvage a deal that the US tried to torpedo, Iran has been the most active party in Vienna, proposing most drafts," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Twitter, referring to talks aimed at reviving the nuclear deal.

26 June 2021; MEMO: Thousands of workers in Iran's energy sector have held protests for better wages and working conditions in southern gas fields and some refineries in big cities, according to Iranian news agencies and social media postings, Reuters reported.

24 June 2021; MEMO: Iran said yesterday it had foiled a "sabotage attack" which targeted a building belonging to the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, without causing damages or casualties, state television reported.

"The saboteurs failed to carry out their plan, and there were no casualties or damage," the station reported.

Meanwhile, Tasnim news agency said the building was near the city of Karaj, 50 kilometres west of the capital, Tehran.

TEHRAN, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Iran's deputy ambassador to the United Nations Zahra Ershadi urged the removal of "the unilateral and unlawful" sanctions against Syria, Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday.

Lifting of sanctions must be a substantive element of any discussion on the humanitarian aspect of the Syrian conflict, Ershadi was quoted as saying.

Ershadi made the remarks at the UN Security Council meeting on the humanitarian situation in Syria on Wednesday.