BEIRUT -- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Wednesday denied allegations about Hezbollah being in control of the government.

"Hezbollah does not manage the government. It is only a political party that has a stake in the parliament. I am the one who manages the government," Hariri told CNBC TV Channel in an interview. (Lebanon-Israel-Hezbollah)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Wednesday that recent U.S. sanctions against the Iranian Space Agency are ineffective, Tasnim news agency reported.

"The Americans are addicted to sanctions," said Zarif, who is on an official visit to Bangladesh. (Iran-Space Agency-US Sanctions)

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TEHRAN -- Iran has released seven crew members of the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero that was detained by the Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz last month, Press TV reported on Wednesday.

The sailors have been freed on humanitarian grounds, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi was quoted as saying by official IRNA news agency. (Iran-Britain-Oil Tanker)

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ADEN -- The Saudi-backed Yemeni government began indirect reconciliation talks with representatives of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Saudi Arabia's city of Jeddah on Wednesday, a government official told Xinhua.

The government source based in Saudi Arabia's capital of Riyadh confirmed on condition of anonymity that "the negotiating teams representing the two warring sides have just engaged in indirect talks in Jeddah." (Yemen-Saudi Arabia-Talks) Enditem

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