Iran strongly condemned a Friday attack on a mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar that killed dozens, according to the Foreign Ministry website. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said the attack was aimed at sowing discord, the official news agency of Iran reported. The Iranian spokesperson also expressed […]
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Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front denies meeting with Taliban in Iran
Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front (NRF) on Monday denied meeting between Taliban’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Motaqi and the head of the NRF in Iran. Spokesperson of NRF Sibghatullah Ahmadi told Hasht-e-Sub (Afghan newspaper) that no meeting between the two has been conducted in Tehran, reported The Khaama Press. Taliban spokesperson Bilal Karimi […]
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Iran launches satellite-carrying rocket into space
Iran on Thursday launched a satellite-carrying rocket into space with three devices onboard, though it’s unclear if any of the objects entered orbit around the Earth, Deutsche Welle reported. The launch comes when the negotiations in Vienna between Tehran and world powers over a landmark 2015 deal aimed at restricting […]
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Iran, Tajikistan cautious of Taliban, initiate counter moves
The resistance against the Taliban is building up slowly, but certainly, as Iran and Tajikistan have started taking steps to counter the Sunni hardliners’ group in the region, a report said. Tajiks are predominantly (95 percent) Sunni of Hanafi school of Islam, with barely three percent Shias, and Iran is […]
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Iran-linked hackers leak medical records of 290,000 Israeli patients: Reports
Iran-linked Black Shadow hacking group uploaded the directory from Israel’s Machon Mor medical institute with personal information, appointments and test results of over 290,000 patients on Tuesday night, after leaking the database of an LGBTQ dating website earlier in the day, according to the media. Earlier on Tuesday, Black Shadow uploaded […]
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Iran agrees to start negotiations on 2015 nuclear deal before November end
Iran has agreed to start negotiations on the abandoned 2015 nuclear deal before the end of this November. IRNA reported on Wednesday that Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Baqeri Kani said that “we agree to start negotiations before the end of November”. “Had a very serious & constructive dialogue with @enriquemora on the essential elements for […]
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Iran to focus on inclusive govt, terrorism, illicit drugs trafficking at Tehran Ministerial Meeting on Afghanistan
Iran will be holding Tehran Ministerial Meeting on Afghanistan on Wednesday and will be focussing upon issues like – inclusive government, terrorism, and illicit drugs trafficking. “It is expected that Iran’s initiative which has been welcomed by all neighbouring countries’ foreign ministers could pave the ground for addressing some common concerns such as humanitarian and relief operation, […]
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Iran’s top leader calls regional states’ normalization of ties with Israel “mistake”
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Sunday that the attempt of some regional states to normalize relations with Israel is “a great sin and mistake,” according to the official news agency IRNA. The governments, which recently established diplomatic relations with Israel, “must turn away from this anti-Islamic movement and make up for their great […]
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IAEA inspectors not allowed to service surveillance equipment in Iran’s Karaj
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says its inspectors were not given access to surveillance cameras at Iran’s Karaj centrifuge assembly facility, despite an agreement reached by the IAEA and Iran on allowing inspectors to service the surveillance equipment. According to an IAEA statement obtained by Sputnik on Sunday, the inspectors have been given access to “all necessary locations” this past week, except […]
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Taliban’s new govt will upset India, China, Iran
A week ago, anxious Afghans and credulous Biden administration officials were trying to take comfort in reports that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar would head the Taliban’s new government in Kabul. It seemed like the least bad option. As leader of the group’s political wing, Baradar had been the Taliban’s chief […]
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Iran rejects ‘baseless’ G7 accusations of attack on Mercer Street tanker
: Iran on Saturday rejected as “baseless” allegations by G7 foreign ministers that it was behind a deadly drone attack on a tanker off Oman last week. “We strongly condemn the baseless statement by the foreign ministers of the G7 and the European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs in […]
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Ultraconservative Raisi elected Iran president as rivals concede
Congratulations poured in for ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi today on winning Iran’s presidential election as his rivals conceded even before official results were announced. The other three candidates in the race all congratulated him for his victory, which had been widely expected after a host of political heavyweights had been barred […]
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Iran’s Zarif warns US against sabotage, sanctions
Iran’s foreign minister warned today that “acts of sabotage” and sanctions will give the United States no extra leverage in talks on reviving a troubled 2015 nuclear deal. Mohammad Javad Zarif also blasted Israel, which Iran has accused of being behind a Sunday sabotage attack on its Natanz nuclear plant, […]
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Irish foreign minister to meet Iran’s Rouhani on nuclear deal
Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney is to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran tomorrow in his role as a UN Security Council facilitator of the nuclear deal agreed in 2015 between Iran and major world powers. Iran has so far refused to take part in a meeting brokered by […]
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Israel claims Iran dumped oil in sea in ‘environmental attack’
Israel’s environmental protection minister has said Iran was responsible for a recent oil spill that ravaged its shores and has claimed – without evidence – the incident was a form of “environmental terrorism”. Gila Gamliel said after a two-week investigation aimed at “getting our hands on the criminal ship” responsible for the […]