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US announces sanctions over alleged Iran-Venezuela weapon trade
Washington: The US administration announced sanctions against 10 entities and individuals based in Iran and Venezuela, accusing Tehran of supplying conventional weapons to Caracas and threatening US interests across the Western Hemisphere…
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Iran warns of ‘harsh’ response after Trump’s nuclear threat
Tehran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday, December 30, warned that his country would respond forcefully to any attack, following remarks by United States (US) President Donald Trump linking possible Israeli action…
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Trump says US would ‘knock down’ Iran if nuclear work resumes
Palm Beach: President Donald Trump warned Iran against reconstituting its nuclear programme Monday, December 29, as he welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his home in Florida for wide-ranging talks. The…
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Iran’s President says his country is in full-scale war with West
Tehran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday his country is in a full-scale war with the US, Israel and Europe ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting Monday with US President…
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Iran and US stress diplomacy at UN, yet Nuclear talks stall deeply
United Nations: Iran and the United States reaffirmed their commitments to diplomacy at a contentious meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday, but the gap between the Trump administration and the…
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Over 5,400 Afghan refugees deported from Iran, Pakistan in single day
Kabul: Over 5,400 Afghan migrants have been repatriated from Iran and Pakistan in a single day, a Taliban official said on Sunday. Sharing the High Commission for Migrants’ Issues report on X,…
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Iran executes man accused of espionage for Israel
Tehran: Iran executed on Saturday a man convicted of spying for the Israeli intelligence and army, state media reported. State TV identified the executed man as Aghil Keshavarz, saying he had “close…
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Iran, Egypt complain to FIFA against ‘pride match’ at world cup
Ahead of the 2026 football World Cup in the United States, Iran and Egypt have complaint to FIFA against the “Pride match”, supporting LGBTQ communities in Seattle. The football federations in Iran…
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Gunmen kill 3 revolutionary guard members in southeast Iran ambush
Tehran: Gunmen killed three members of the Revolutionary Guard in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan near the Pakistan border, state media reported. The Guard members were ambushed while patrolling near…
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Khamenei denies sending any message to US through 3rd countries
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dismissed as “fabricated rumors” recent claims that Tehran had sent a message to the United States through third countries. Speaking in a televised address broadcast Thursday…
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Iran accuses US of replacing global legal norms with ‘force-based order’
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has accused the United States and its allies of undermining international law and pushing the world towards what he described as a “force-based international order”…
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Iran denounces IAEA decision, signals potential action
Tehran: Iran’s foreign ministry called a resolution by the UN atomic watchdog’s board of governors “anti-Iranian” and threatened unspecified retaliatory actions, state media reported on Friday, November 21. The International Atomic Energy…
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Iran releases Marshall Islands-flagged tanker, crew
Dubai: Iran on Wednesday released a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker with all its 21 crew members aboard days after Tehran seized the ship without explanation, the vessel’s managers said. Tehran had no immediate…
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Iran suspends visa-free entry for Indians from Nov 22 amid job-scam fears
New Delhi: Iran has suspended the visa waiver facility for ordinary Indian passport holders in the wake of several reported incidents of Indians being lured to that country on false promises of…
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Iran halts uranium enrichment as nuclear sites hit in June attacks
Tehran: Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday, November 16, said that Tehran is no longer enriching uranium at any site in the country. Answering a question from an Associated Press journalist visiting Iran,…
