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‘No Israeli embassy safe anymore,’ warns top Iran general
Iranian Supreme Leader’s advisor for military affairs, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, has warned that Israeli embassies are no longer “safe” in the world following the Israeli attack on the Tehran consulate in…
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Iran warns US to ‘step aside’ amid preparations to attack Israel
Iran has warned the US to stay out of its way as it prepares to respond to a suspected attack by Israel on its consulate in Syria, while its main proxy in…
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Iran condemns Meta’s removal of Khamenei’s FB, Insta account
Tehran: Iran has condemned the US-based tech giant Meta’s decision to remove the Facebook and Instagram accounts of its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling it a “violation of freedom of expression,”…
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Iran condemns UN’s report on protest crackdown as false, biased
Tehran: Iran has condemned the United Nations report stating that Iran’s violent crackdown in 2022 on peaceful protests and the specific targeting of women and girls were serious rights violations, many amounting…
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Iran responsible for Mahsa Amini’s death, says UN
A United Nations fact-finding mission has said that Iran is responsible for the “physical violence” that led to the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini and sparked nationwide protests. On September 16, 2022,…
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Iran invites foreign investors in energy projects: President
Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has invited international investors and the member states of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) to participate in the country’s energy projects. Raisi made the remarks on…
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IRGC member, two others killed in Israeli strike in Syria
A member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) who was working as a military advisor, Reza Zarei, along with two members of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group was killed in an Israeli…
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Voting ends in Iran’s Parliament, Assembly of Experts elections after 16 hours
Tehran: Voting for Iran’s 12th Parliament and sixth Assembly of Experts ended at 12:00 am on Saturday after 16 straight hours, media reported. The voting began at 8 am on Friday at…
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Iran denies Nobel winner Narges Mohammadi from attending father’s funeral
Tehran: Iranian authorities have denied Narges Mohammadi, a human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, from attending her father’s funeral on Thursday, February 29. Karim Mohammadi, passed away at the age…
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Iran elections: Polling underway, Supreme leader casts vote
Tehran: Polling is underway for the Iran’s 12th Parliamentary and Assembly of experts elections on Friday, during which Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei has cast his vote, the state media reported. A total…
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Russia launches Iran’s research satellite ‘Pars 1’ into space
Moscow: Russia on Thursday launched into space Pars 1, an Iranian imaging satellite, which has the capability of sending high-resolution images of surface locations from its orbit 500 km above Earth, Russian…
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Iranian Nobel winner Mohammadi calls to boycott upcoming elections
Imprisoned Iranian human right activists and Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has called on Iranians to boycott upcoming parliamentary elections. Taking to X, on Saturday, February 24, Mohammadi wrote, “The Islamic Republic deserves…
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Iran forces kill Jaish al-Adl militant group commander in Pakistan
Tehran: The Iranian forces have killed senior Jaish al-Adl militant group commander Ismail Shahbakhsh and some of his companions in Pakistan, a media report said. The development comes one month after the…
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Iran rejects claims of selling ballistic missiles to Russia
Tehran: Iran has denied Western media reports that it had sold ballistic missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine, saying it was morally bound to avoid fuelling the conflict. Iran’s UN mission…
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Indian Navy provides medical assistance to Iranian fishing vessel
New Delhi: The Indian Navy deployed in the Gulf of Aden rendered medical assistance to an Iranian fishing vessel (FV) with 18 Pakistani crew members on board, an official said on Wednesday.…
