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Al-Monitor – Ali Akbar Velayati, foreign policy adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, talked with Iranian television to discuss his latest trip to Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin. According to Velayati, during the two-hour meeting, which was “clear, constructive and friendly,” the two discussed a number of issues pertinent to both countries, such as energy and the region.

Radiofarda – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday pressed European nations to get tough on Iran by cutting off all funding the country may use to foment instability in the Middle East and beyond.

Radiofrada – A former Iranian deputy prime minister who spent years in jail on charges of spying for the US died Thursday at the age of 86, state media reported.

Radiofarda – U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran’s economic troubles were going to force it to seek a security deal with Washington following his withdrawal from a nuclear pact.

Radiofarda – A top U.S. official focused on sanctions against Iran on Thursday linked American financial pressure on Tehran with ongoing economic protests roiling the country, saying she hoped the strain would limit the Islamic Republic’s “malign activities” across the Mideast. Sigal P. Mandelker, the undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence at the U.S. Treasury, declined to comment when ask …