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Iran threatens a dangerous future for UAE after Israel deal
Tehran: Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard vowed on Saturday that there would be dangerous consequences for the United Arab Emirates after it announced a historic deal with Israel to open up diplomatic…
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Iran seizes oil tanker MV Wila for five hours: USA reports
Dubai: The Iranian navy boarded and briefly seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker near the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the United States, a US military official…
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China’s entry into Iran will destabilise Middle East: Pompeo
Washington: US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Saturday (local time) said that China’s entry into Iran will destabilise the Middle East. “China’s entry into Iran will destabilise the Middle…
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Data leak reveals Iran’s cover-up of COVID-19 deaths
Tehran: A data leak has revealed that the number of coronavirus deaths in Iran is nearly triple than what the government claims, a BBC investigation has found. The data, which…
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Turkey’s number of severe COVID-19 cases under control
Ankara: Turkey’s number of serious ill COVID-19 patients seems to be under control, Turkish health minister said. The COVID-19 cases increased by 987 in Turkey, raising the total diagnosed cases to…
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Iran’s COVID-19 death toll surpasses 17,000: Health Ministry
Tehran: Iran’s COVID-19 death toll has surpassed 17,000 after another 208 fatalities have been registered in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Sunday, as broadcast by the…
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Iran’s Ayatollah Ali extends his support for US protesters on Hajj Occasion
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has again evoked American racism to attack U.S. foreign policy, likening the international actions of Washington to domestic police brutality. Khamenei issued an…
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Iran launches underground ballistic missiles during exercise
Tehran: Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched underground ballistic missiles as part of an exercise involving a fake aircraft carrier in the Strait of Hormuz, state television reported Wednesday, the latest…
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Iran moves mock aircraft carrier to sea amid US tensions
Dubai: Iran has moved a mock aircraft carrier to the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the US, satellite photographs released on Monday show, likely signalling…
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Ukraine expecting decryption results of crashed plane’s black boxes
Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the French Bureau of Investigation and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety would start decoding the black boxes of the passenger aeroplane that was downed…
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Taliban has no office in Iran: Deputy FM Abbas Araqchi
Tehran: The Taliban militant group has no office in Iran, Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi confirmed, while rejecting reports claiming otherwise. Araqchi made the remarks in an exclusive interview with…
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Iran executes man convicted of spying on US-slain general
Tehran: Iran executed a man convicted of providing information to the United States and Israel about a prominent Revolutionary Guard general later killed by a U.S. drone strike, state TV…
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Iran reports 2521 new coronavirus cases
Tehran: Iran has recorded 2,521 new coronavirus cases and 179 deaths within the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Medical Education said on Tuesday. The total infection number and…
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After China’s ‘deal’ Iran drops India from Chabahar project
New Delhi: Iran has dropped India from a railway project linking the Chabahar port to Zahedan city, reportedly due to delay of funds. India and Iran had signed an agreement…
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China to sign $400 bn deal with Iran; India’s interest at stake
New Delhi: Two weeks since India banned Chinese Apps, Beijing has composed a thunderstruck deal with India’s ally and America’s foe – Iran. The two countries will end up signing…
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Iran’s president warns lockdowns could lead to protests
Tehran: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday that lockdowns meant to curb the spread of the pandemic could lead to street protests over economic problems, his website reported. In a…
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TN CM asks Centre to fly 40 fishermen stranded in Iran
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami has urged the central government to arrange for the repatriation by air of 40 fishermen from the state stranded in Iran. Palaniswami in…
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Chlorine gas leak at plant sickens 70 in southeast Iran
Tehran: A chlorine gas leak at a petrochemical centre in southeast Iran sickened 70 workers, state-run IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. Most of the workers at the Karun petrochemical…
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Iran files lawsuit against U.S. over sanctions
Tehran: Iran has filed a lawsuit in the International Court of Justice against the United States over effects of sanctions on Iran’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Leila Joneidi, Iran’s…
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Iran to announce n-facility incident’s cause at ‘appropriate time’
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said that the country’s experts have determined the main cause of a recent “incident” at the Natanz nuclear facility and will announce it…
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‘Incident’ damages construction near Iran nuclear site
Tehran: An incident has damaged an under-construction building near Iran’s Natanz nuclear site, but there was no damage to its centrifuge facility, a spokesman said on Thursday. Behrouz Kamalvandi made…
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INS Jalashwa evacuates 687 Indians stranded in Iran
Chennai: A total of 687 Indians stranded in Iran were brought to V.O. Chidambaranar Port in Tuticorin on Wednesday by Indian Navy Ship Jalashwa, a defence official said. The evacuation is…
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Saudi Arabia, US call for extension of UN arms embargo on Iran
Riyadh: Official from Saudi Arabian and the US have called on the international community to extend a UN arms embargo on Iran, warning that the expiry would allow Tehran to destabilize…
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3 Iranian vessels intercepted entering Saudi territorial waters
Riyadh: Saudi Arabian border guards have intercepted three Iranian vessels that were spotted entering Saudi territorial waters in the Persian Gulf, state-run media reported on Saturday, adding that the ships…
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It’s the best time for apology says Hassan Rohani to America
Dubai: President Hassan Rohani said, “The coronavirus pandemic was a “historic opportunity” for the US to “apologize” for its sanctions against Iran” on Wednesday. “Unfortunately, the Americans have not learned…
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US says if no arms embargo on Iran it will seek UN sanctions
United Nations: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened to seek to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran if the UN Security Council does not approve a resolution that would indefinitely…
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UN links items in arms shipments and missile attacks to Iran
United Nations: The United Nations says it has determined that Iran was the source for several items in two arms shipments seized by the United States and for debris left…
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Iran receiving orders for COVID-19 test kits from 8 countries
Tehran: Iranian test kits used to determine the rate of immunity against the new coronavirus are becoming increasingly popular as several more countries are placing bulk orders for the diagnostic…
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Iran says it will continue nuclear work despite US sanctions
Tehran: Iran said Friday its experts would continue nuclear development activities, despite sanctions imposed earlier this week on their fellow scientists by the United States. State TV cited a statement…
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Hard-line former Tehran mayor named Speaker of Iran Parliament
Dubai: Iran’s Parliament elected a former mayor of Tehran tied to the Revolutionary Guard as its next Speaker on Thursday, solidifying hard-line control of the body as tensions between the…
