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Greece and international lenders agreed on Monday to baseline scenario projections for a primary surplus in 2016 and 2017 as part of broader bailout conditions still under discussion, a senior government official said.

Greece is on track to complete a draft deal with international creditors on a third bailout by next Tuesday with a possible first disbursement by Aug. 20, a source familiar with a conference call of senior EU finance officials on Friday said.

Iran has completed negotiations with some European companies wanting to invest in projects in the country following a nuclear deal reached between Iran and world powers this month, an Iranian deputy minister said on Thursday.

The Greek parliament passed a sweeping package of austerity measures as the price for opening talks on a multi-billion euro bailout package.

Greek anti-establishment protesters threw dozens of petrol bombs at police in front of parliament on Wednesday ahead of a key vote on a bailout deal, in some of the most serious violence in over two years.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras defended the bailout deal struck at Sunday's euro zone summit and ruled out resigning, saying that the "bad deal" was the best available under the circumstances.

A total of 84 percent of Greeks want to keep the euro, with just 12 percent favoring a return to the drachma, an opinion poll showed on Friday, as the country races to clinch a cash-for-reforms deal with its creditors.

Greek banks will remain closed until July 13 and a 60-euro per day ATM withdrawal limit will remain in force, the Greek finance ministry said on Wednesday.

Greece has five days to strike a deal with its international creditors over a new bailout program before European Union leaders convene in Brussels on July 12, European Council President Donald Tusk said Tuesday.

France and Germany told Greece to come up with serious proposals in order to restart financial aid talks, raising pressure on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to compromise.