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Iran, Russia sign deal to build ship for Caspian Sea port
Tehran: Iran and Russia have signed a contract for building a cargo ship for the Caspian Sea port of Solyanka. According to a local media report, the Russian side will manufacture a…
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Iran releases actress Taraneh Alidoosti after 18 days in custody
Tehran: Iranian authorities on Wednesday released prominent Iranian actress, Taraneh Alidoosti, 18 days after she was detained over her support for the protest movement. 38-year-old Taraneh Alidoosti, star of Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning…
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Iran: Maryam Akbari Monfared, jailed for 13 years, shares her ordeal
Tehran: Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared, has shared a letter from inside her “hell-like” prison, after completing 13 long years in jail, local media reported. 47-year-old Maryam Akbari Monfared was arrested in…
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Iranian chess player Sara Khadem who contested without hijab moves to Spain
One of Iran’s top-ranked female chess players, Sara Khadem, arrived in Spain on Tuesday after receiving warnings not to return to Iran. The reason for the warnings was that Khadem competed in…
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Iran sees ‘no problem’ with building ties with Egypt
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Nasser Kanaani has said that Iran sees no problem with building relations with Egypt. At a weekly press conference, Kanaani hailed the talks between the Iranian Foreign…
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Iran blacklists 60 US officials for top commander’s assassination
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that nearly 60 US officials have been blacklisted by Tehran for their involvement in the assassination of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, semi-official Mehr…
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One dead, 37 injures in Bus collision near Tehran airport
Tehran: At least one passenger was killed and 37 others were injured after two buses collided near Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. The incident took place…
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Iran Supreme Court accepts protester’s appeal against capital punishment
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Court has accepted a protester’s appeal against death sentence for allegedly damaging public property during ongoing anti-hijab protests. On October 4, 25-year-old Sahand Noor Mohammadzadeh was arrested and sentenced…
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Year-ender 2022: How a ‘custodial death’ took women to anti-hijab protests in Iran
Tehran: An unsparing regime known to crush dissent with an iron fist pulled out all its administrative levers to tamp down on protests by a band of women standing up for their…
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Russia attacks Ukraine with 16 Iran-made drones: Kiev officials
Kiev: Officials in Kiev have claimed that Russia attacked Ukraine with 16 Iran-made drones just a day after Moscow struck cities across the war-torn nation with the latest barrage of missile deemed…
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Iran arrests 11 people behind ‘fake pricing’ in forex market
Tehran: The Iranian Intelligence Ministry has said that its forces arrested 11 people behind the recent instability in the country’s foreign currency market, according to the semi-official Fars News Agency. The Ministry…
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Iranian chess player Sara Khadem planning to flee to Spain after playing without headscarf
Tehran: One of Iran’s top-ranked female chess players, Sara Khadem, reportedly is planning to settle in Spain after playing in an international chess tournament without a headscarf amid ongoing anti-hijab protests in Iran, local…
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Iranian chess players compete at world tournament without headscarf
Tehran: Two Iranian chess players participated in an international chess tournament without a headscarf amid ongoing anti-hijab protests in Iran. Sara Khadem and Atousa Pourkashiyan, the latest athletes appeared in a competition without a…
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One killed, 15 injured in a 17-vehicle pileup in Iran
Tehran: One person was killed and 15 others were injured in a 17-vehicle chain-reaction pileup in the central Iranian city of Arak, Markazi province, reported the semi-official Mehr news agency. The accident…
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Iranian footballer Ali Dafamiie’s family deboarded from flight
Iranian Football legend Ali Dafamiie’s family were deboarded from a Mahan Air flight on Monday after it was rerouted to Iran’s Kish island. Daei said his wife and daughter had flown on a…
