A prominent Iranian lawmaker dismissed US efforts to impose a new round of sanctions on Iran as a violation of the international rules and regulations, saying that the measure is indicative of the failure of Washington’s policies. 

Iran has decided to reopen its consulate centers in the northern Iraqi cities of Erbil and Suleymaniah, an Iranian official said here on Saturday.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) deputy Director General Ollie Heinonen is scheduled to arrive here in Tehran on Monday to wrap up discussions on Iran’s P1 and P2 centrifuges, an informed source said.