Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on Aug 8

**IRAN NEWS
-Tehran, Baku boost ties with new MoUs
-Japan financers back to Iran petrochemical industry
-Iran, Pakistan talks on FTA fail to make further progress

**IRAN DAILY
-IDRO, Hyundai sign deal for gas, oil projects
-Iran, Azerbaijan ink six MoUs to boost ties
-Erdogan stages mass rally in show of strength after coup attempt

**IRANIANS
-Iran, Russia map out rival to Suez Canal
-Iran's Zarif to start Latin America tour on Aug 21
-Rouhani in Baku for trilateral summit

**KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL
-Daesh gets U.S. weapons in Afghanistan
-Water treatment deal inked with Koreans
-Security issues discussed with Afghanistan

**TEHRAN TIMES
-Rouhani heralds free trade with Caucasus and Eurasian countries
-On the wings of Caucasian Black Grouse in Iran
-Tehran exhibit chronicles 70 years of cooperation between UN, Iran

**FINANCIAL TRIBUNE
-Dutch seek increase in economic interaction
-Interest rates sinking globally
-Japan plans to revive long stagnant economy

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