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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launches second satellite: Report
Tehran: Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched a second satellite into space, state media reported Monday, just as world powers awaited Tehran’s decision in negotiations over the country’s tattered nuclear deal. State television identified…
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Iran urges ‘initiatives’ from all parties to accelerate talks in Vienna
Tehran: Iran’s top security official on Monday urged all parties involved in nuclear talks in Austria’s capital Vienna to put forward “initiatives” to accelerate the conclusion of the nuke deal. “Prospect of…
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Iranian diplomat says new IAEA report containing positive changes
Tehran: A senior Iranian diplomat has said that the new Iran report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) includes some positive changes, including the removal of a location, alleged to indicate…
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Iran’s leader urges developing renewables, nuclear energy
Tehran: Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday called for the development of renewable and clean energy resources, such as civilian nuclear energy, in the country to substitute fossil fuels. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei made…
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Iran, IAEA agree to settle nuclear issues in boost for Vienna talks
Vienna: Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have agreed on a roadmap to resolve Iran’s nuclear safeguards issues by June, a vital step as talks in Vienna over reviving the 2015…
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As Iran talks near end, UN nuclear watchdog chief in Tehran
Tehran: The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog met Saturday with Iranian officials as talks in Vienna over Tehran’s tattered atomic deal with world powers appear to be reaching their end.…
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Iran condemns mosque attack in Pakistan
Tehran: Iran strongly condemned a Friday attack on a mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar that killed dozens, according to the Foreign Ministry website. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said the attack…
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Satellite photos show Iran had another failed space launch
Tehran: Iran likely suffered another failed launch of a satellite-carrying rocket while attempting to reinvigorate a program criticized by the West, even as Tehran faces last-minute negotiations with world powers to save…
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Iran says not to wait ‘forever’ for nuke deal if US fails to make decision
Tehran: Tehran will not wait “forever” for a possible nuclear deal if the US fails to make a decision, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Tuesday. The US has already…
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Iran vows not to compromise over redlines in Vienna nuke talks: FM
Tehran: Iran will not compromise on its redlines in the Vienna talks aimed at resolving the issues over the removal of US anti-Iran sanctions and revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, said…
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Iran ‘entitled’ to develop civilian nuke program: Atomic chief
Tehran: Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, Mohammad Eslami said Iran is entitled to develop its “civilian” nuclear program, Press TV reported. Dismissing allegations by some countries that Iran is…
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Agreement in Vienna requires West’s ‘courageous’ political decision: Iran’s FM
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Minister has said an agreement in the ongoing talks in Vienna on the restoration of the 2015 nuclear deal needs the Western sides to take a “courageous and realistic”…
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Iran president urges int’l resistance to US ‘cruel’ oil, gas sanctions
Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has urged the international community to resist US unilateral “cruel sanctions” against other countries’ oil and gas industry, according to the Iranian presidency’s website. Speaking at the sixth…
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Iran warns West not to challenge red lines in Vienna nuke talks
Munich: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has warned the West against challenging Tehran’s red lines in the Vienna talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal. Amir Abdollahian made the remarks…
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Iranian president holds phone call with Macron, urges removal of sanctions
Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday that any possible agreement between Iran and world powers in the Austrian capital of Vienna must include removal of anti-Iran sanctions and valid guarantees for…
