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Iraq, Saudi FMs discuss delays in holding Iranian-Saudi talks in Baghdad
Baghdad: Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein has held a phone talk with Saudi Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud to discuss delays of the talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia…
- Middle East
Iran FM: No initiative received from US in Vienna talks
Tehran: Iran has so far received no proposed text from the US in the Vienna talks on the restoration of a 2015 nuclear deal, the Iranian Foreign Minister has said. Hossein Amir Abdollahian…
- Middle East
Raisi praises Iraq’s efforts on Iran-Saudi negotiation
Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi praised Iraq’s effort to enhance the region’s security and stability, referring to Baghdad’s sponsorship of the rounds of negotiations between Tehran and Riyadh. Raisi made the remarks…
- World
Over 1 million Afghans migrated in 4 months: Report
Kabul: More than one million Afghans have migrated over the past four months and most of them have crossed border areas into Iran and Pakistan a media report claimed The head of a…
- Middle East
US grants sanctions relief to Iran as nuke talks in balance
Washington: The Biden administration on Friday, February 4, 2022, restored some sanctions relief to Iran’s atomic program as talks aimed at salvaging the languishing 2015 nuclear deal enter a critical phase. As U.S. negotiators…
- Middle East
Remains of 629 missing soldiers from Iran-Iraq war found
The Iraqi Red Crescent Organization announced that the remains of 629 soldiers who went missing during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war have been found. In a statement on Tuesday, the organization demanded that…
- World
Over a million Afghans flee to Iran as economy collapses
New Delhi : From October 2021 through the end of January 2022, more than a million Afghans have fled to Iran as the economy has collapsed in the war-torn nation, The New York…
- Offbeat
Real-life Magneto balances 85 spoons on his body, breaks world record
An Iranian real-life Magneto has taken the internet by storm. 50-year-old Abolfazl Saber Mokhtari broke the previous best record in the Guinness Book of World Records after he balanced 85 spoons on…
- Middle East
Iran’s will for agreement in Vienna proven: President Raisi
Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said that his country has proven its will and determination to reach an agreement in the diplomatic endeavours in Vienna on the restoration of the 2015 nuclear…
- Middle East
Iranian protesters attack Afghan trucks to demand flow of Helmand water
New Delhi: People in the Sistan-Balochistan province of Iran which borders Afghanistan took to the streets on Friday and demanded the right to water that flows from Afghanistan, Iranian State media Irna…
- Middle East
UN: 2,000 children recruited by Yemen’s rebels died fighting
United Nations: UN experts said in a new report that nearly 2,000 children recruited by Yemen’s Houthi rebels died on the battlefield between January 2020 and May 2021, and the Iranian-backed rebels…
- Middle East
Iran, Saudi to hold talks in Baghdad soon to normalise ties: Ambassador
Tehran: The fifth round of talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia will be held in the Iraqi capital Baghdad to normalise bilateral relations, Iraj Masjedi, Tehran’s Ambassador to Iraq, told local media. Without…
- World
China-Iran pact raises American hackles
Beijing: China has started to step into the US shoes in the Middle East by forging a strategic partnership with Iran causing concern in Washington. China and Iran, the two main adversaries…
- Middle East
Seeking closer ties with Azerbaijan: Iranian President
Tehran: President Ebrahim Raisi has said that Iran seeks to promote the relationship with its northern neighbour Azerbaijan. Ties between Iran and Azerbaijan are based on the beliefs of the people of the…
- Middle East
Saudi-led airstrikes hit military camp in Yemen’s Houthi-held capital
Sanaa: The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has launched multiple airstrikes on a military camp controlled by the Houthi militia in the Yemeni capital, Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. On Tuesday midnight, it was…
