US Republicans asked Tehran to delay prisoners swap: senior Iranian official

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.

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

  • A senior Iranian official says the US Republicans had asked Tehran to delay its prisoners swap with Washington until the run-up to the US presidential election.
  • Turkish President Rejeb Tayyip Erdogan says he will be patient up to a point over the crisis in Syria and will then do what is necessary.
  • FIFA presidential candidate, Prince Ali of Jordan, questions the role of election rival Sheikh Salman in the crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Bahrain.
  • Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi compares Europe’s economic policies to administering drugs to artificially prolong the life of a terminally ill patient.
  • Indian authorities detain dozens of Kashmiri activists and place pro-independence leaders under house arrest.

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