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Iran has all options on the table, including pulling out of the 2015 nuclear agreement and bolstering its nuclear program at a "greater speed," should President Trump decertify the pact, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif told CNN.

Five years after presenting "Amid the Clouds," award-winning Iranian director and dramatist Amir Reza Koohestani returns to the Onassis Cultural Center with a "devastatingly pared-down work that explores the Kafkaesque reality of life" in his homeland.

Israeli ex-president Moshe Katsav was freed from prison Dec. 21 after prosecutors declined to appeal a parole board decision to release him after he served five years of a seven-year term for rape.

Katsav, 71, did not speak to a crowd of journalists gathered outside the Maasiyahu prison near Tel Aviv as he left while surrounded by family.

Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani has flown to Moscow for talks with Russia's military and political leadership to discuss the conflict in Syria and deliveries of Russian missiles, sources with knowledge of his trip said on April 15. 

The top diplomats of Turkey, Iran, and Azerbaijan on April 5 held a trilateral meeting in Iran to discuss key cooperation issues.

A parole board on April 6 rejected a request for early release for Israeli ex-president Moshe Katsav, who began serving a seven-year prison term in 2011 for rape and other sexual offences.
 
A justice ministry statement announced the refusal, saying the parole board found "he expressed no regret and no sympathy toward the victims of his crimes."  

Iran aims to reach a $30 billion trade target with Turkey, marking the country's desire to engage more with Turkish markets, said Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on March 19 during an official visit to Turkey. 

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is to make a visit to Turkey on March 19, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on March 18.

Zarif will conduct talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu after meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu, the statement said.

Bosnian Foreign Minister Igor Crnadak made an official visit to Iran on Monday, meeting his counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in a bid to develop relations that could economically benefit the cash-strapped Balkan state.

"We discussed many ways to increase our economic cooperation," said Crnadak said at a press conference, according to Iranian news FARS.

Turkish officials have expressed hope to revive bilateral relations with neighboring Iran stalled amid Syrian conflict via high-level visits expected to take place within the next few months.

A visit by a delegation from the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜS?AD) to Tehran is likely to take place "in the coming days," a senior Turkish official said on Jan. 15.