http://www.irna.ir/en/News/83215925

Beijing, Feb 20, IRNA – No country is able to tarnish Iran-China relations, Iranian Majlis (Parliament) speaker Ali Larijani said.

Larijani made the remarks Wednesday in a meeting with chairman of Iran-China parliamentary friendship group Lee Shoe Young.

Appreciating China hospitality, he said relations between the two countries date back to over 2000 years ago.

Meanwhile, Lee said presence of representatives from all parliamentary commissions in Iran-China friendship group indicates the importance of ties between the two countries.

Larijani is in China upon an official invitation by his Chinese counterpart Li Zhanshu. He was received by Iran's Ambassador Mohammad Keshavarzzadeh and head of Iran-China friendship group, Lee Shoe Young, at Chinese Parliament at Beijing's airport Monday night.

Some Iranian ministers and senior officials, including Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif, Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh, Finance Minister Farhad Dejpasand and Governor of Central Bank Abdolnaser Hemmati are accompanying Larijani in the visit.

Earlier in a meeting with Head of the People's Congress of China Li Zhanshu, Larijani said that the two countries have always had friendly relations in history.

IRAN in CHINA hoping for a bailout ?

FANCY BEAR is back ! Pesky Russians

https://www.axios.com/fancy-bear-russian-hackers-european-think-tanks-c2a1dc14-5247-4241-b672-65f443bd519d.html

In a blog post Tuesday night, Microsoft announced hackers tried to breach accounts belonging to European think tanks late last year. While investigations are underway, Microsoft is "confident" many of the attempts came from the espionage group Fancy Bear, which the United States government has attributed to Russia.

The big picture: Fancy Bear — or as Microsoft calls the group, Strontium — is best known in the United States for hacking the Democratic National Committee and other political targets during the 2016 election. Notably, the German Marshall Fund runs a Russian social media disinformation tracking site known as Hamilton 68.

Details: The European hacking attempts took place between September and December, according to Microsoft.

The hackers targeted 104 accounts belonging to employees of the German Council on Foreign Relations, as well as the European offices of The Aspen Institute and The German Marshall Fund situated in Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, Romania, and Serbia.

The hackers attempted to use phishing websites and emails to steal credentials and deliver malware.