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Prophet Row: Iran removes its version of meeting with NSA Doval
New Delhi: Iran has taken down an earlier press statement which mentioned that India has assured of taking action against those responsible for making derogatory reamrks against Prophet Muhammad. MEA spokesperson Arindam…
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Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in India
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with Foreign Minister of Iran Hossein Amir-Abdollahian during a meeting, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) Mumbai: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian during an interactive session…
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Iran urges IAEA to avoid ‘politicising’ nuke programme
Tehran: Iran has urged the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to avoid “politicising” issues concerning Iran’s nuclear programme. Kazem Gharibabadi, deputy chief of the Iranian Judiciary and a former envoy to the…
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Iran welcome the extension of the Yemen truce
Tehran: Iran has welcomed the two-month renewal of the nationwide truce between Yemen’s warring parties under the UN auspices. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh on Saturday said it is hoped that…
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Iran reports death of second IRGC colonel in two weeks
Tehran: Iran reported the death of another colonel of the elite Quds force of its Revolutionary Guards on Friday, the second in two weeks from the unit which oversees Iran’s military operations…
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Iran: Latest destructive statement proves GCC’s strategic bewilderment
Tehran: Iran has slammed the anti-Iran statement by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as “repetitive” and “destructive,” and said such a statement shows the “entirely wrong” approach and “strategic bewilderment” toward Iran…
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Iran: Death toll reaches 36 in building collapse
Tehran: The toll in a 10-storey commercial building collapse in the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan has risen to 36, semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted a top provincial official. Speaking to reporters,…
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Israel warns citizens against traveling to Turkey over Iran attack concerns
Tel Aviv: Israel on Monday warned Israelis not to travel to Turkey, citing Iranian threats of revenge for the assassination of a senior Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) officer last week. Israel’s…
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Over 1,000 Afghan refugees returned home from neighbouring countries
Kabul: A total of 1,094 Afghan nationals who had taken refuge in neighbouring countries of Pakistan and Iran returned home on Saturday, the country’s Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation confirmed on Monday.…
- Middle East
Won’t spare anyone: Israel PM on senior commander’s assassination
A week after the assassination of Hassan Sayad Khodai, a Revolutionary Guards colonel who was shot dead in Tehran, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on May 29 that Iran will not…
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Iran seizes 2 Greek tankers in Persian Gulf, tensions spike
Dubai: Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized two Greek oil tankers on Friday in the Persian Gulf, just after Athens assisted the US in seizing an Iranian oil tanker over alleged sanctions violations…
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Iran building collapse kills 14 as mayor and others detained
Tehran: Rescuers dug through debris Tuesday of a building collapse in southwestern Iran that killed at least 14 people, fearful that many more could still be trapped beneath the rubble as authorities…