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TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- The spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said Thursday only after meticulous technical, security and judicial inspections, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s surveillance cameras will be installed at TESA Karaj Complex, a centrifuge component manufacturing workshop in north-central part of the country, according to AEOI's official website.

15 Dec 2021; MEMO: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has said that Israel is the root cause of all the problems affecting the Middle East, PressTV has reported. Abdollahian also took aim at the few Arab states that have normalised relations with the occupation state for going against the interests of the Muslim Ummah.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog and Iran reached a deal Wednesday to reinstall cameras damaged at an Iranian site that manufactures centrifuge parts, though inspectors remain limited on what footage they can access.

TEHRAN, Dec 14 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s health ministry, yesterday reported 2,706 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s total infection to 6,157,519.

The pandemic also claimed 42 lives in the past 24 hours, taking the overall tally, since its outbreak in Feb, 2020, to 130,764, said the update by Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education.

A total of 5,975,404 people have recovered from the disease, or been discharged from hospitals across the country, while 3,069 remain in intensive care units, according to the ministry.

11 Dec 2021; MEMO: Iran's Vice President for parliamentary affairs, Mohammad Hosseini, has announced that Iran is ready to help reconstruct Syria, following a decade of the ongoing conflict in which Tehran was involved

In a meeting with the Syrian ambassador to Iran Shafiq Dayoub today, Hosseini stated that the Iranian government under the new president Ebrahim Raisi "gives a great priority to broaden ties with neighbouring countries and the region, especially Syria," which he referred to as an ally and strategic partner.

Dec 11 (Reuters) - A top Iranian military official warned on Saturday of a "heavy price" for aggressors, state media said, after a report of U.S. and Israeli plans for possible military drills to prepare for strikes against Iran's nuclear sites if diplomacy fails.

"Providing conditions for military commanders to test Iranian missiles with real targets will cost the aggressors a heavy price," Nournews, affiliated with Iran's top security body, said on Twitter, citing an unnamed military official.

TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- If the United States lifts anti-Iran sanctions, a "good agreement," which Iran is looking for, will be reached in nuclear negotiations, Iran's President said on Saturday.

"The Islamic Republic participated in the negotiations with dignity, and showed by presenting the text (proposals) that it is serious in the negotiations," Raisi was quoted as saying by the presidential website.

TEHRAN, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Iran will announce the names of American individuals and entities it will sanction for involvement in human rights violations, deputy minister for international affairs of Iran's Judiciary said on Thursday.

Kazem Gharibabadi said that the recent U.S. sanctions against some Iranian individuals and legal entities under the pretext of human rights violations was "a continuation of the same failed policy of maximum pressure against the Iranian nation and the use of sanctions as a tool to achieve political goals."

09 Dec 2021; MEMO: An Iran official yesterday slammed the US' decision to impose new sanctions on it on Tuesday.

Some 12 Iranian entities and officials were blacklisted for allegedly committing "gross violations of human rights".

"Even amid Vienna talks, the US cannot stop imposing sanctions against Iran," spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Twitter.

TEHRAN, Dec 8 (NNN-IRNA) – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, yesterday accused the United States of seeking “a new crisis” in the region, after the fall of the Daesh militant group, state TV reported.

“The United States is very angry about the collapse of Daesh in Syria and Iraq, as well as, the victory of the resistance front … and is looking for a new crisis,” Shamkhani said, at a meeting with visiting Syrian Foreign Minister, Faisal Mekdad.