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Iranian chess player Sara Khadem who contested without hijab moves to Spain
One of Iran’s top-ranked female chess players, Sara Khadem, arrived in Spain on Tuesday after receiving warnings not to return to Iran. The reason for the warnings was that Khadem competed in…
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Iran sees ‘no problem’ with building ties with Egypt
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Nasser Kanaani has said that Iran sees no problem with building relations with Egypt. At a weekly press conference, Kanaani hailed the talks between the Iranian Foreign…
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One dead, 37 injures in Bus collision near Tehran airport
Tehran: At least one passenger was killed and 37 others were injured after two buses collided near Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. The incident took place…
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Iran Supreme Court accepts protester’s appeal against capital punishment
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Court has accepted a protester’s appeal against death sentence for allegedly damaging public property during ongoing anti-hijab protests. On October 4, 25-year-old Sahand Noor Mohammadzadeh was arrested and sentenced…
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Russia attacks Ukraine with 16 Iran-made drones: Kiev officials
Kiev: Officials in Kiev have claimed that Russia attacked Ukraine with 16 Iran-made drones just a day after Moscow struck cities across the war-torn nation with the latest barrage of missile deemed…
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Iran arrests 11 people behind ‘fake pricing’ in forex market
Tehran: The Iranian Intelligence Ministry has said that its forces arrested 11 people behind the recent instability in the country’s foreign currency market, according to the semi-official Fars News Agency. The Ministry…
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Iranian chess player Sara Khadem planning to flee to Spain after playing without headscarf
Tehran: One of Iran’s top-ranked female chess players, Sara Khadem, reportedly is planning to settle in Spain after playing in an international chess tournament without a headscarf amid ongoing anti-hijab protests in Iran, local…
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Iranian chess players compete at world tournament without headscarf
Tehran: Two Iranian chess players participated in an international chess tournament without a headscarf amid ongoing anti-hijab protests in Iran. Sara Khadem and Atousa Pourkashiyan, the latest athletes appeared in a competition without a…
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One killed, 15 injured in a 17-vehicle pileup in Iran
Tehran: One person was killed and 15 others were injured in a 17-vehicle chain-reaction pileup in the central Iranian city of Arak, Markazi province, reported the semi-official Mehr news agency. The accident…
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Iranian footballer Ali Dafamiie’s family deboarded from flight
Iranian Football legend Ali Dafamiie’s family were deboarded from a Mahan Air flight on Monday after it was rerouted to Iran’s Kish island. Daei said his wife and daughter had flown on a…
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‘Nearly 100 Starlinks active in Iran’: Space X founder Elon Musk
Space X founder Elon Musk on Monday said that nearly 100 Starlinks are currently active in Iran. The business tycoon promised to set up the satellite in the country in September. Musk…
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British MP urges western citizens to leave Iran after UK citizen’s arrest
British MP Alicia Kearns on Monday urged all persons from the West to leave Iran after seven persons linked to the United Kingdom (UK) were recently arrested. The persons were arrested while…
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Window of negotiations to revive n-deal still open: Iran
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Monday that the “window of negotiations” to revive the 2015 nuclear deal is still open from Tehran’s side, the media reported. At a weekly press…