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Iranian F-14 fighter jet crashes, no casualties
Tehran: An F-14 fighter jet has crashed in Iran’s central Isfahan province with the pilots safely ejected, the official news agency IRNA reported. According to spokesman for Iran’s Army in Isfahan province,…
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Iraq ready to host new round of Iranian-Saudi talks: Foreign Minister
Baghdad: Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein has expressed Iraq’s readiness to host a new round of direct talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia in Baghdad. Hussein made the remarks in a phone…
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Israel issues highest travel warning for Istanbul fearing attacks by Iran
Tel Aviv: Israel’s National Security Council raised its travel warning for Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, to the highest level, citing possible attacks by Iran. The warning comes amid the latest surge in…
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Scores injured in explosion at chemical factory
Tehran: An explosion at a chemical factory in southern Iran injured scores of people, most of them lightly, the country’s state TV reported Tuesday. The report said a leak from an ammonium…
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Iran condemns Israeli missile attack on Syria’s capital Damascus
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has condemned the recent Israeli missile attack on the Syrian capital Damascus and vowed his country’s continued support for the Arab state, local media reported.…
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Iran, Venezuela sign 20-yr partnership agreement
Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his visiting Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro signed a 20-year partnership agreement to boost cooperation in energy, economy, tourism, culture, and politics, local media reported. Speaking at a…
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US sanctions detrimental to Iran’s healthcare system: Envoy
Tehran: Iran’s envoy said that US sanctions have adversely affected the healthcare system of the Islamic republic, local media reported. Zahra Ershadi, Iran’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said on…
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Iran to remove 27 monitoring cameras from nuclear sites: IAEA
Tehran: Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it is removing 27 surveillance cameras from its nuclear facilities, the agency said Thursday, warning the move could deal “a fatal…
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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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Train derailment in Iran kills at least 17, injures 50
Tehran: A passenger train partially derailed in eastern Iran early Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and injuring 50 more, including some critically, authorities said. The report said the number of casualties…
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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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UAE condemns statements insulting Prophet Mohammed
New Delhi/UAE: After Qatar, Iran and Kuwait, now the United Arab Emirates has condemned statements by former BJP spokespersons on Prophet Mohammed. The UAE foreign office expressed denunciation and rejection of insults…
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Iran joins Qatar & Kuwait, summons Indian ambassadors over remarks on Prophet
The comments of the suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma and the expelled leader Naveen Kumar Jindal about the Prophet Muhammad have sparked outrage in Islamic countries, with Qatar, Kuwait, and Iran summoning…
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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…
