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Tens of thousands of Bahrainis took to the streets on Friday to demonstrate against a proposal to unite the kingdom with neighboring Saudi Arabia, witnesses said.

TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said that he hopes an agreement will be reached to devise a new modality between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency during a visit by the agency’s director general to the country.

TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, during a telephone conversation with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Saturday, said that the Islamic Republic hopes that world powers will enter the talks in Baghdad with a “constructive” approach.

TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) - Iranian Ambassador to Paris Ali Ahani has said that he hopes France will help advance the next round of talks between Iran and the six major powers through the adoption of a realistic and constructive stance, the Persian service of the Mehr News Agency reported on Saturday.

TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) - Iranian Ambassador to Italy Mohammad Ali Hosseini has said that the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) still has time to regain the confidence of the Iranian nation during the scheduled talks in Baghdad, the Persian service of the Fars News Agency reported on Saturday.

TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – Deputy Majlis Speaker Mohammad Reza Bahonar has said that the first positive step that the six major powers can take in the upcoming nuclear talks in Baghdad is that they lift sanctions imposed against the Islamic Republic for its nuclear program.

TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – Islamic Revolution Guards Corps forces have filmed a U.S. aircraft carrier for 50 minutes from a distance of 500 meters, commander of the second division of the IRGC Naval Force announced on Saturday.

TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi plans to make a trip to the Indian capital of New Delhi in the near future, Iranian Ambassador to India Mehdi Nabizadeh told the Mehr News Agency on Saturday.

TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – After a recommendation by Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and confirmation by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Javad Ansari was appointed as the new Iran’s ambassador to Singapore, the press department of the Foreign Ministry reported on Saturday.

TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, has said that there is hope that talks between Tehran and world powers in Baghdad will be successful.

Secretary of Iran's Expediency Council Mohsen Rezaei says the recent developments in Bahrain, Yemen and Syria indicate a new scheme to seize control of the Persian Gulf.

Egypt’s Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) still refuses to return the equipment of a Press TV-affiliated media office that was attacked recently by Cairo undercover police, Press TV reports.

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A senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution says there is hope for the upcoming talks between Iran and the P5+1 if the West does not try to illegally impose its views on Tehran.

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TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA) – A senior military advisor to the Supreme Leader has said that any agreement on the Persian Gulf region made at the behest of outsiders is “doomed to failure.”

The Iranian minister of economic affairs and finance says US and European Union sanctions will only harm the financial recovery of the West as any reduction in Iran’s oil exports will result in a hike in global gasoline prices.

Iran's Defense Minister says the imminent launch of the Fajr (Dawn) satellite into the orbit proves Iran's high scientific power and its determination to continue its development programs.