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'When I heard he survived, I was surprised': Salman Rushdie's attacker
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 18 (ANI): Hadi Matar, who allegedly stabbed Indian-born-British author Salman Rushdie in western New York State last week during a lecture, praised Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini and admitted that he didn't think that the author would survive.
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Putin did not discuss deliveries of drones in Iran: Kremlin
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 20 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin did not discuss the deliveries of drones either with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi or with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on Tuesday.
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Iranian Foreign Minister arrives in India to boost bilateral ties
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Minister Dr Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday to deepen historical ties and partnerships with India.
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Afghanistan: Taliban close offices of two Shiite clerics in Ghazni
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 7 (ANI): The Taliban on Monday closed the offices of Ayatollah Mohammad Ishaq Fayyaz and Ayatollah Mohaqeq Kabuli, two Shiite clerics in Ghazni.
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Iran's top leader calls regional states' normalization of ties with Israel
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], October 24 (ANI/Xinhua): 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.
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Iranian supreme leader pardons over 3,400 prisoners
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], October 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has pardoned 3,458 prisoners, the state IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.
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Is the newly inaugurated Iranian President Raisi going to follow more hard
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], August 9 (ANI): With pomp and ceremony,ultra-conservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi was sworn in last Thursday in Tehran as Iran's eighth President, in the presence of more than 100 representatives of various countries and organizations. Raisi, a protege of Iran's Supreme Lea
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Biden administration considering lifting sanctions on Iran's supreme leade
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 27 (ANI): The Biden administration is considering lifting sanctions on Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as part of negotiations aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear deal.
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Election of Ebrahim Raisi as President means that ultra-conservatives have
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], June 21 (ANI): Hard-line Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi won Friday's elections in Iran, getting 17.8 million votes, while his main opponents - former Revolutionary Guard commander Mohsen Rezaei got only 3.3 million, and moderate former Central Bank Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati
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Iran alleges 'misinformation campaign' against president-elect Ebrahim Rai
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Iran has alleged that "a few hostile forces" are waging a disinformation campaign against its President-elect Dr Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, aiming to "manipulate public opinion" against him.
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Iran approves 7 candidates to run in presidential elections on June 18
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], May 25 (ANI): Iran's Guardian Council, a 12-member constitutional vetting body overseen by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has announced seven candidates to run for the country's upcoming presidential elections on June 18.
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On Day 2 of his Iraq visit, Pope Francis denounces extremism as 'betrayal
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], March 7 (ANI): Pope Francis, who is on a four-day historic trip to Iraq, on Saturday (local time) denounced extremism in the name of religion as "betrayals of religion" and called for friendship and cooperation between religions.
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