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Chinese EV giant BYD to build $1 billion plant in Turkey


TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) – China’s BYD, which vies with Tesla for the title of the world’s top maker of battery electric vehicles, has agreed to build a $1 billion car factory in Turkey, the Turkish government has announced.

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Pope expresses concern over Israeli crimes in Gaza Strip


TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) – The leader of the world’s Catholics Pope Francis lashed out at the fresh atrocities of the Zionist regime against the oppressed Palestinians in Gaza Strip.

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Armenia discusses newnuclear powerplant with US


TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) – Armenia and the US are discussing the possibility of building a new NPP and the process has entered the subject phase, according to the Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council, Armen Grigoryan.

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Iran, Russia partnership treaty to be signed ASAP


TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) – The treaty on the comprehensive strategic partnership of Russia and Iran will be signed at the earliest convenience, Russian Special Presidential Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said.

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Muharram in shrine city of Mashhad


MASHHAD, Jul. 09 (MNA) – Like many other cities in the country, every part of the shrine city of Mashhad has been covered in black to mark the start of the mourning month of Muharram.

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French Socialist Faure wants to be PM after election


The leader of France’s Socialist party, Olivier Faure, has thrown his hat in the ring to be prime minister, after the left-wing alliance to which he belongs won Sunday’s parliamentary election, the BBC reports.

He said he was “ready to assume this function”, but only as part of “the dialogue with our partners”.

The leftist New Popular Front, which also includes Socialists, Greens and Communists, were the surprise winners on Sunday, but they have nowhere near enough seats to form a credible government by themselves.

Victorious MPs from the left-wing alliance arrived in parliament on Tuesday and called on President Emmanuel Macron to nominate a prime minister from their party.

Under French convention, the president names a prime minister from the winning party. However, Sunday’s election has left the country in political deadlock, with no obvious route to a government.

The Popular Front won 182 seats, but the Macron alliance was not far behind with 168, while the far-right National Rally have 143, despite being favourites to win.

With three powerful blocs in French politics, none can form an outright majority of 289 in the 577-seat parliament without reaching out to either of the other two.

Without enough support to survive a “censure” vote of no confidence, there is little chance of any of a left-wing government surviving for long on its own.

There has been some concern among centrists inside the Macron alliance that the president has made no public comment since the election result. He is due to fly to Washington on Wednesday morning for a Nato summit, leaving the political deadlock behind.

The Macron camp, as much as the left, believes it can find a way of forming a minority government.

Instead of naming a new prime minister, the president asked outgoing Prime Minister Gabriel Attal to remain in office “for the time being” to ensure the stability of France. Mr Attal had gone to the Élysée Palace to hand in his resignation after Sunday’s election defeat, but the president rejected it.

The Socialist leader’s decision to put his name forward on Tuesday indicated tensions among the parties of the Popular Front, who had met the night before in a bid to agree a candidate for prime minister.

The veteran leader of the radical left France Unbowed (LFI), Jean-Luc Mélenchon, said his party had “no shortage of talent” and proceeded to name party leader Manuel Bompard and two colleagues Mathilde Panot and Clémence Guetté as potential candidates.

Others have suggested the leader of the Greens, Marine Tondelier, as a potential prime minister.

Mathilde Panot was among the LFI MPs who arrived at the National Assembly on Tuesday and did not refer to herself as a potential candidate.

However, she did call for the current caretaker prime minister, Gabriel Attal, to go.

“We demand that Emmanuel Macron respect the popular vote by choosing to name a prime minister who comes from the New Popular Front,” Ms Panot announced outside the National Assembly.

With France’s national Bastille Day five days away, Ms Panot said it was “impossible that we can continue with a prime minister who has been beaten three times in a row in elections”.

But there is friction within her party as well and one MP who was purged from Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s party, Clémentine Autain, said she was prepared to take on the post of prime minister if it were given to her.

She is one of several ex-LFI MPs thrown out of the party who are setting up their own group, and they have urged Communists and Greens to join them. Ms Autain warned her former colleagues to reflect carefully that the Mélenchon purge could easily happen to others.

Members of the Ensemble alliance also met on Monday night to decide their next course of action after Sunday’s extraordinary result.

An indication of their intentions came from centrist MP Sylvain Maillard, who told French TV they would try to form a minority government with other mainstream parties.

He said they would reach out to the “republican arc” that could run France for the next three years, when France is due to hold its next presidential and parliamentary elections.

Neither the far right nor LFI are seen as part of the France’s republican mainstream, and LFI are understandably hostile to any attempt to form a government in which they play no part.


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Armenian Defense Minister and Iranian Ambassador discuss defense cooperation and regional security – NEWS.am


Armenian Defense Minister and Iranian Ambassador discuss defense cooperation and regional security  NEWS.am

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Azerbaijani President makes call to Iran president-elect – Mehr News Agency – English Version


Azerbaijani President makes call to Iran president-elect  Mehr News Agency – English Version

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NASA completed year-long experiment to simulate life on Mars


NASA has announced the successful completion of an experimental mission to prepare for a human flight to Mars, Azernews reports.