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After 6-yr hiatus, Kuwait appoints its first ambassador to Iran
Kuwait: Kuwait announced, on Sunday, the appointment of its ambassador to Iran, more than six years after its decision to downgrade diplomatic relations with Tehran. The new Kuwaiti ambassador to Tehran, Bader Abdullah Al-Munaikh,…
- Middle East
Iran says US ‘fabricates stories’ about Bolton
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has said the US “fabrication of stories” about a “politically bankrupt element, a known terrorist and a coup plotter” against independent states is a “deceptive bid…
- Middle East
Tehran showcase Western art masterpieces hidden for decades
Tehran: Some of the world’s most prized works of contemporary Western art have been unveiled for the first time in decades in Tehran. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line cleric, rails against…
- Middle East
Vladimir Putin heads to Tehran for talks with leaders of Iran, Turkey
Tehran: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Iran starting Tuesday is intended to deepen ties with regional heavyweights as part of Moscow’s challenge to the United States and Europe amid its grinding…
- Middle East
Iran hard-liners burn US flags, slam Biden’s Middle East visit
Tehran: Dozens of Iranian hard-liners rallied on Saturday at a square in downtown Tehran, burning US and Israeli flags and denouncing President Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle East. The small crowd…
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Biden says US won’t wait ‘forever’ for Iran on nuclear deal
Jerusalem: President Joe Biden said Thursday that the United States is not going to wait forever for Iran to rejoin a dormant nuclear deal, a day after saying he’d be willing to…
- Middle East
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…
- Middle East
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…
- Middle East
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…
- Middle East
Iranian F-14 fighter jet crashes, no casualties
Tehran: An F-14 fighter jet has crashed in Iran’s central Isfahan province with the pilots safely ejected, the official news agency IRNA reported. According to spokesman for Iran’s Army in Isfahan province,…
- Middle East
Scores injured in explosion at chemical factory
Tehran: An explosion at a chemical factory in southern Iran injured scores of people, most of them lightly, the country’s state TV reported Tuesday. The report said a leak from an ammonium…
- Middle East
Prophet Row: Iran removes its version of meeting with NSA Doval
New Delhi: Iran has taken down an earlier press statement which mentioned that India has assured of taking action against those responsible for making derogatory reamrks against Prophet Muhammad. MEA spokesperson Arindam…
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Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in India
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar with Foreign Minister of Iran Hossein Amir-Abdollahian during a meeting, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) Mumbai: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian during an interactive session…
- Middle East
Iran’s IRGC colonel assassinated by unknown gunmen in Tehran
Tehran: One of the former members of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) was assassinated by gunmen in the capital Tehran, state TV reported. The incident took place around on Sunday in…
- Middle East
Syria President Assad on a rare visit to Iran
Tehran: Syrian President Bashar Assad met with Iranian leaders in Tehran on Sunday, Iranian and Syrian media reported, marking his second trip to major wartime ally Iran since Syria’s civil war erupted…
