TEHRAN -- Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi on Friday visited two Iranian nuclear sites of Natanz and Fordow for the first time.

During his visit, Grossi was accompanied by Massimo Aparo, IAEA deputy director general and head of the IAEA Department of Safeguards, Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), and Kazem Gharibabadi, Iranian deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. (Iran-IAEA-Nuclear Facilities)

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MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Ukraine with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in their first telephone conversation since December 2022, the Kremlin reported Friday.

The two leaders exchanged their views on the current situation in Ukraine, with the Russian president noting that the crisis was "a direct result of NATO's long-standing aggressive policies" aiming at creating an "anti-Russian bridgehead" on Ukrainian territory while ignoring Russia's security interests. (Russia-Germany-Phone call)

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TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Friday strongly condemned Israel's recent deadly attacks on residential neighborhoods in Syria.

He made the remarks in a statement released by the ministry one day after Israeli forces hit three residential buildings in the al-Mazzeh neighborhood west of Damascus and areas on the Syrian-Lebanese border in the central province of Homs, killing at least 15 people and injuring 16 others. (Iran-Syria-Israeli attacks)

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JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said on Friday that the Southeast Asian country currently needs 600 billion U.S. dollars in investment to develop downstream industries for 26 commodities, according to Antara News Agency.

"We have calculated that we need an investment of around 600 billion dollars to process our natural resources through downstreaming. Therefore, we invite foreign investors to come and take part," said Prabowo in his speech at the APEC CEO Summit in Lima, Peru. (Indonesia-Investment-Downstream Industries) Enditem

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