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Iran extracts 20-pct enriched uranium from Fordow site
Tehran: The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced Sunday that it started the extraction of 20-percent enriched uranium from the Fordow enrichment facility in central Iran, state TV…
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Iran tightens entry rules amid increasing COVID-19 cases
Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said that passengers can only gain entry to Iran upon submission of negative COVID-19 test results and full compliance with Iranian health protocols, citing the recent…
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Iran rejects UK claim of seizing Iranian weapons en route to Yemen
Tehran: The spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Friday rejected the British government’s claim that it had seized the shipment of Iranian weapons to Yemen, according to the ministry’s website. Nasser Kanaani…
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Iran to ban Mashhad metro use for women without headscarf
Tehran: Women in Iran will be banned from taking the Mashhad metro if they are not wearing a headscarf, local media reported on Wednesday. The deputy prosecutor of Mashhad wrote to the…
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Iran arrests British Deputy Ambassador on spying charges
Tehran: Iran has arrested the deputy head of the United Kingdom’s mission in Iran, Giles Whitaker, and several other academics on charges of espionage, local media reported on Wednesday. The Islamic Revolutionary…
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Iran urges US to choose between nuke deal or ‘unilateral demands’
Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Wednesday asked the US to choose between clinching an agreement in the ongoing nuclear talks or insisting on its unilateral demands. “Agreement is possible only…
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India, Iran discuss Chabahar port, other bilateral issues
New Delhi: India’s Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra on Tuesday spoke to Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani and discussed various bilateral issues, according to a Ministry of External…
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United States failed to take initiative in Doha nuke talks: Iran
Tehran: The US has failed to be constructive in the latest round of the talks in Doha aimed at reviving the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, the Foreign Ministry here said in a…
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Five killed, 84 injured as three earthquakes rock Iran
Tehran: At least five were killed and 84 injured in three earthquakes measuring above magnitude 6 that shook Iran’s southern province of Hormozgan, semi-official Fars news agency quoted an emergency official as…
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Iran FM: Durable guarantees key to success of nuclear talks
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that the negotiations to revive the Iranian nuclear deal can succeed if the US provides durable guarantees for Tehran’s economic benefits. “America’s realism and…
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5 killed, 44 injured after 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Iran
Tehran: Five people were killed and 44 others injured in a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southern Iran on Saturday, state television reported. Rescue teams were deployed near the epicenter, Sayeh Khosh village,…
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Iran calls nuclear talks in Doha ‘positive’
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister described as “positive” the latest round of talks on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal in Doha, the Foreign Ministry said on its official website. Iran is…
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Doha host indirect Iran-US talks on reviving 2015 nuke deal
Tehran: Indirect talks between Iran and the US held in the Qatari capital of Doha have not yet ended, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Another meeting between Iran’s Chief Nuclear Negotiator Ali…
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Nuke talks to begin in Doha on Tuesday: Iran
Tehran: The Iranian government has confirmed that the country’s negotiating team will depart for Qatari capital Doha on Tuesday for talks to revive Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ali…
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Iran successfully launches rocket into space
Tehran: Iranian state television said on Sunday that Tehran had launched a solid-fueled rocket into space, drawing a rebuke from Washington ahead of the expected resumption of stalled talks over Tehran’s tattered…
