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Iran seeks protection of its diplomatic missions in Afghanistan
Tehran: Tehran has sought protection of its diplomatic missions in Afghanistan and “necessary guarantees” for the safe operation of its diplomatic offices in the country following rallies held by Afghans in various provinces…
- Middle East
Iran FM says US seeks to impose new conditions for lifting sanctions
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Sunday that the US is seeking to impose new conditions for lifting anti-Iran sanctions, official news agency IRNA reported. “In the past two or three…
- Middle East
Iran blacklists 24 US individuals for ‘illicit’ activities
Tehran: Iran announced Saturday the sanction of another 24 US officials and individuals for “involvement in terrorist and anti-human rights activities”, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s website. The ministry said in a…
- Middle East
Iran’s president vows to continue nuclear activities
Tehran: President Ebrahim Raisi said Saturday that Iran will continue nuclear development activities as talks to revive Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers remain stalled, state media reported. Speaking in a ceremony…
- World
Iran to sell oil, gas in local currency rather US dollars
Iran is likely to begin selling oil and gas in rials instead of US dollars, following the Russian example, which will most likely be bound to gold. The Iranian move would be…
- Middle East
One cleric dead, two wounded in stabbing attack at holy shrine in Iran
Tehran: An assailant stabbed three clerics at the most revered Shiite site in Iran on Tuesday, according to Iranian state-run media, killing one and wounded two before he was arrested. The motive for…
- Middle East
Nuclear pact within reach if US side realistic: Iran’s FM
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has urged the US to be “realistic” to help reach an agreement in Vienna talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint…
- Middle East
Ready to resume talks with Saudi Arabia to solve differences: Iran
Tehran: Iran is ready to resume talks with Saudi Arabia to solve differences, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman announced. “We are ready for the continuation of talks and for the settlement of…
- Middle East
Iran FM says ball in US court as agreement close in Vienna talks
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Minister has said the talks in Vienna on the restoration of the 2015 nuclear deal are close to an agreement, noting that Tehran has put forward its proposals and…
- Middle East
Iran: Schools, universities reopen for 1st time since pandemic
Schools and universities are fully reopened on Sunday for the first time across Iran since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. To encourage students and teachers to use public transport, metros and…
- Middle East
Iranians celebrate Nature’s Day outdoors as pandemic restrictions ease
Tehran: Iranians gathered in the wilderness and greenery with friends and families to mark Sizdah Bedar, or Nature’s Day of the Iranian New Year. This is first such celebration of the festival, which…
- Television News
Lock Upp’s Mandana Karimi on her hometown Iran, ‘Do not want to be in a country that…’
Mumbai: Actress and model Mandana Karimi is currently inside Ekta Kapoor’s ongoing OTT reality show ‘Lock Upp’ that is being hosted by Kangana Ranaut. Mandana entered the show as a wild card…
- Middle East
Iranian FM urges US to forgo excessive demands over nuclear deal
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said the US must give up its excessive demands so that “strenuous efforts in Vienna to get all sides to return to their commitments under…
- World
China, Pakistan hold talk with Taliban representatives in Beijing
Beijing: The Foreign Ministers of China and Pakistan held a trilateral meeting with the acting Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Taliban regime Amir Khan Muttaqi in Beijing on Wednesday on the…
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US imposes sanctions against Iran ballistic missile programme
Washington: The US on Wednesday imposed sanctions on an Iran-based person and his network of companies that Washington accused of facilitating Iran in its effort to get materials for its ballistic missile…
