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TEHRAN， Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Iran formally received the first commercial plane from France's Airbus on Wednesday， Tehran Times daily reported.
The delivery of an A321 is the first in a batch of 100 jets purchased by Iran Air to renew its aged passenger fleet， the report said.
According to Iran's official IRNA news agency， the A321 has already left France and will arrive in Iran shortly.
""Today， for civil aviation in Iran， is a memorable day，"" Iran Air Chief Executive Farhad Parvaresh said in France's Toulouse at the handover event on Wednesday.
""The change in international perspective"" helped to lay foundations for the deal， Parvaresh said， hailing the agreement as ""one of the most significant deals in the history of civil aviation.""
This would be Iran's first brand-new plane in over 37 years. The country's current fleet is comprised of planes purchased before the 1979 Islamic revolution. All post-1979 purchases that were made with a variety of providers involved second-hand planes.
In December， Iran sealed a contract with Airbus to buy 100 aircraft worth over 18 billion U.S. dollars.
Parvaresh said that Iran Air would receive seven or eight planes from Airbus in 2017. He hoped that the delivery would be made in due time.
In January 2016， Iran signed a preliminary agreement with Airbus to purchase 106 commercial planes， however， the agreement waited for the U.S. Treasury Department's go-ahead license which was issued in November.
Also in December， Iran Air finalized another agreement with the U.S. Boeing to purchase 80 commercial planes.
The agreement， signed in capital Tehran， envisages the purchase of 50 twinjet narrow-body Boeing 737 planes and 30 long-range wide-body 777 aircraft with a total value of 16.6 billion dollars.
The planes by Boeing would be delivered to Iran within 10 years， Parvaresh said， adding that the first deliveries are expected in 2018.
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In separate interviews with Xinhua, the experts also pointed out that holding six-party talks involving China
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Zhang Liangui
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"If a conflict erupts, situation in Northeast Asia will run out of control," echoed Dong Xiangrong
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Despite the fact that the U.N. Security Council has adopted a string of resolutions to solve the nuclear issue in a peaceful way, the DPRK has not stopped testing its nuclear weapons.
The country announced Wednesday that it had successfully carried out its first hydrogen bomb test.
The test, if confirmed
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Zhang said the DPRK's nuclear development has become a bargaining chip for the country.
The professor stressed that denuclearization and non-proliferation of the Korean Peninsula should not merely become empty words in vain. He suggested all parties make political adjustments and employ clear measures in order to let the DPRK understand the resolve of the international community.
Dong noted that the DPRK's nuclear test poses a direct threat to China with the test field located closely to the China-DPRK border.
"With nuclear tests causing possible earthquakes, it is hard to imagine what kind of fear the Chinese are undergoing as people living near the border constantly fear for their children's safety and worry about nuclear contamination," Dong said.
He also said that not only China
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Once the regional situation completely goes out of control, no neighboring countries can manage the crisis alone or stand aloof facing such a conflict, said Dong.
On Friday, a spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that China is determined to advance denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula and settle the nuclear issue through six-party talks.
All sides should be committed to the peaceful settlement of the nuclear issue on the Peninsula and avoid escalation of tensions
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Zhang explained that the U.S. rejects the DPRK's proposal to resume the six-party talks due to Pyongyang's refusal to give up nuclear weapons.
With the DPRK's absence in the talks, China, South Korea and the U.S., as key players on the issue
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Launched in 2003, the six-party talks were stalled in 2008. The DPRK quit the talks in 2009, announcing that it would not stop its nuclear development.
DAMASCUS
Jonas Valanciunas Jersey , Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) is bracing to enter Syria's northwestern province of Idlib in the next hours, activists said Saturday.
Ibrahim Idlilbi, the media advisor of the FSA, said it will enter Idlib in the next few hours
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The factions included in the Euphrates Shield operation, which are based in different areas in northern Syria, have upped readiness to the ma.
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