Citing World Bank figures on a huge GDP fall 2017-20, Gholam-Hossein Shafei has said the government needs to revise policies to stimulate competition and encourage investment.

Iran announced on September 19 that its foreign minister will attend the UN General Assembly and will meet with the remaining members of the JCPOA, but not with US officials.

A commentary in Kayhan newspaper, which is funded by the Supreme Leader’s office, sees common cause between Iran and the Taliban in resisting US domination.

European JCPOA signatories reiterate calls for Iran to respect the 2015 nuclear deal, but a veteran hardliner newspaper editor demands Tehran quit an NPT from which it gains nothing.