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Al-Arabia – In comments published Friday, Russian presidential envoy to Syria Alexander Lavrentiev confirmed that President Vladimir Puttin’s remarks on the need to withdraw foreign troops from Syria had implied Iranian forces and Hezbollah militia fighters as well as Turkish and American troops.

VOA – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will outline a “diplomatic road map” next week that he hopes will convince European and other allies to apply pressure on Iran and force it back to the negotiating table, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

VOA – The European Commission is proposing that EU governments make direct money transfers to Iran’s central bank to avoid U.S. penalties, an EU official said, in what would be the most forthright challenge to Washington’s newly reimposed sanctions.

Iran Human Rights –  A prisoner was hanged at Ardabil Central Prison on murder charges.

Iran Human Rights – The case of Ramin Hossein Panahi, a political prisoner who was sentenced to death, is sent to the Sentence Implementation Branch and he may be executed at any moment.