Salehi: Iran to start building two new nuclear plants

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

• Iran says it will soon start building two new nuclear power plants with Russia’s help. The projects are aimed at meeting Iran’s electricity needs.
  
• Bahraini courts sentence three Shia clerics and a TV producer to jail for opposing the revocation of the citizenship of prominent cleric, Sheikh Isa Qassim.
  
• Syrian bombers hit militant-held positions in the western city of Hama killing tens of terrorists.
  
• Nigeria says it will dislodge Boko Haram terror group from its last strongholds north of the country in a few weeks. The group has killed more than 15,000 people so far.
  
• A new poll shows both the Democratic and Republican candidates in the US presidential race, are unpopular with Americans.

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