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Iran possesses bomb which dwarfs US' 'MOAB'
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], September 16 (ANI): A top Iranian commander on Saturday announced that Iran possesses domestically-made 10-ton bomb "father of all bombs" that dwarfs the most powerful non-nuclear weapon of the United States, the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), also known as t
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US condemns terror attack in Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.] Sept 15 (ANI): The United States has condemned terror attack in Iraq on Thursday in which at least 60 people were killed.
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50 killed, 80 injured in ISIS-claimed twin attacks in Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], September 14 (ANI):At least 50 people were killed, including some Iranian pilgrims, and over 80 more got injured, when the Islamic State jihadists carried out twin attacks in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah.
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Iran threatens to restart nuclear program if U.S. imposes new sanctions
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], August 15 (ANI): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has threatened that Tehran will abandon the 2015 nuclear deal with the P5+1 group and restart its nuclear program "within hours" if the United States continues to impose new sanctions on the country.
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Iran's priority to de-escalate tensions with US: Zarif
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [U.S.], August 9 (ANI):Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the main priority of his country is to de-escalate tensions with the United States.
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Iran's President Rouhani sworn in for second term
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], August 5 (ANI): Hassan Rouhani has been sworn in as Iran's President for the second term in an official ceremony held at the Iranian Parliament in Tehran on Saturday.
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Rouhani urges cooperation between Iran, Afghanistan against terrorism
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Afghanistan], August 5 (ANI): Emphasising that terrorism is a common problem for both Tehran and Kabul, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday called for cooperation between the two sides against it.
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Ghani in Tehran to attend Rouhani's oath ceremony, hold bilateral tal
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 5 (ANI):Afghan President Ashraf Ghani arrived in Tehran to attend swearing in ceremony of his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani and discuss bilateral ties.
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Iran says U.S. sanctions are designed to derail nuclear deal
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], August 4 (ANI): The United States is undermining the Iran nuclear deal by imposing sanctions on the country, a ranking Iranian official said Thursday on state TV.
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U.S. Navy ships fire warning shots at Iranian vessel in Persian Gulf
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A], July 30 (ANI): U.S. warships fired several warning shots at Iranian vessels in the Persian Gulf for the second time in a week, which Tehran describes as another "provocative and unprofessional move."
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US imposes new ballistic missile sanctions on Iran
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], July 29 (ANI): The United States on Friday imposed new sanctions on six Iranian companies, which it said are central to the Islamic Republic's ballistic missile program, a day after Iran successfully launched a rocket-borne satellite into space.
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US Navy ship fires warning shots at Iranian boat
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 26 (ANI): A US Navy ship fired warning shots at an armed Iranian patrol boat on Tuesday, in the northern end of the Persian Gulf after the latter came within 150 yards of the vessel.
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