Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:
- Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran will leave Iraq whenever Baghdad asks it to and slams Riyadh for accusing Tehran of stoking sectarian violence.
- Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the US-led coalition in Syria is idle while terrorists continue arriving through the Turkish border.
- Prominent Bahraini opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman says the regime’s ramping up of his jail term will NOT dissuade Bahrainis from demanding rights.
- A United Nations envoy criticizes Israeli officials for killing hopes of a peace process by expanding settlements and rejecting a Palestinian state.
- In the US, activists decry a decision by federal prosecutors not to press charges against two Minneapolis police officers involved in the killing of a 24-year-old black man.
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