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Iran: Voting underway for new president, hardliner Ebrahim Raisi likely to
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], June 18 (ANI): Iranians have begun voting in presidential elections amid concerns of low voter turnout with the conservative head of the judiciary, Ebrahim Raisi, widely seen as the frontrunner.
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Iran's 2021 presidential elections; Dynamics and merits of a political sys
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], June 16 (ANI): As Iran's 13th presidential elections draws closer, Iranians once again with great passion and enthusiasm are going through another democratic process to determine their future after carefully assessing initiatives, pledges and programs of the seven presidential
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Iranian naval ship 'Khark' sinks after catching fire in Gulf of Oman
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], June 3 (ANI): One of Iran's biggest navy ships 'Khark' sank after catching fire in the Gulf of Oman.
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US will 'carefully review' Iran sanctions if Tehran returns to nuclear dea
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States will review carefully its sanctions regime against Iranian oil exports if Tehran returns to the 2015 nuclear agreement that aimed at preventing the Islamic Republic from acquiring nuclear weapons, said US Treasury Secretary Janet Ye
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Explosion at chemical factory in Central Iran leaves 9 injured
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], May 23 (ANI/Sputnik): At least nine people sustained injuries in an explosion at a chemical plant in the Iranian central province of Isfahan, the Mehr news agency reported on Sunday, citing a source from the local emergency medical department.
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Iran, EU top diplomats discuss developments in Vienna talks on nuclear dea
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 21 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Friday exchanged views on the progress made at the ongoing negotiations on the revival of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), held in the Austrian capital of Vien
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US Navy fires warning shots at Iranian vessels in Persian Gulf
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US] May 11, (ANI): Gunfire was used to chase off Iranian vessels in the Persian Gulf for the second time in the past few weeks by the US Navy.
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EU Foreign Affairs Council to discuss Afghanistan, Iranian Nuclear deal to
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 10 (ANI): The EU Foreign Affairs Council is set to meet to discuss EU bilateral relations with Russia and the United States, the situation in Afghanistan, the Sahel region and Lebanon and the progress on the Iranian nuclear deal.
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Iran says onus on US to return to compliance with nuclear deal
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], May 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has argued that it was up to the United States to take a step toward compliance with the nuclear deal.
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US Navy fires warning shots at Iranian vessels in Persian Gulf
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 28 (ANI): A US ship resorted to firing warning shots at three Iranian vessels from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy which came within 68 yards of the USS Firebolt,in the Persian Gulf.
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COVID-19 death toll in Iran exceeds 70,000
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], April 27 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iranian health ministry reported on Monday 496 more COVID-19 deaths, the highest figure registered in Iran since the beginning of the pandemic, which has already claimed 70,070 lives in the country.
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UK condemns new sentence for dual citizen in Iran
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], April 26 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his foreign secretary Dominic Raab on Monday condemned the new one-year prison sentence that was issued by an Iranian court to UK-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
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