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Iran activates advanced centrifuges to grow nuclear stockpile
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran (Iran), Sept 7 (ANI): In a latest reminder to save the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran has begun injecting gas into advanced centrifuges to increase its stockpile of enriched Uranium, an official announced on Saturday.
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Iran releases 7 Indian crew members from seized British tanker
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Sept 5 (ANI): Iran has claimed that it released seven Indian crew members aboard the 'Stena Impero', the British-flagged oil tanker, seized by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in July, the country's foreign ministry spokesperson Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday.
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Amid tensions with US, Iran to abandon restrictions on nuclear research, d
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Sept 5 (ANI): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday announced that his country will further reduce its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal by abandoning restrictions on nuclear research and development and will develop centrifuges for faster enrichment of uraniu
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US engaging in 'piracy and threats' to stop Tehran from selling oil: Zarif
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Sep 1 (ANI): The United States is engaging in "piracy and threats" to stop Tehran from selling crude oil to its "traditional customers", Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on Saturday, following the blacklisting of the country's oil tanker by Washington on grounds that
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Trump says US 'not involved' in failed Iranian satellite launch
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 31 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Friday said that Washington had nothing to do in Iran's failed attempt to launch a satellite into space and wished Tehran "good luck" in finding out what went wrong.
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US sanctions equivalent to 'economic terrorism worse than Pulwama attack',
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 26 (ANI): Iranian Ambassador to India, Ali Chegini, lambasted the United States for imposing sanctions on Tehran and termed it as "economic terrorism" which he said was "worse than Pulwama terror attack" which claimed the lives of over 40 Indian paramilitary personnel.
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Iran's Foreign Minister flies to G-7 summit, says no plan to meet Trump
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Biarritz [France], Aug 25 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Sunday made a surprising entry at the G-7 summit being held in the southwestern city of Biarritz, following French President Emmanuel Macron's efforts to defuse tensions between Washington and Tehran.
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US attempts to seize oil tanker will have 'grave consequences': Iran
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Aug 19 (ANI): Iran on Monday said that attempts by the United States to seize recently freed Iranian oil tanker will have "grave consequences".
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UK might release seized oil tanker: Iran
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Aug 14 (ANI): Iran has said that the United Kingdom might release its seized oil tanker following an exchange of documents.
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Iran calls for freedom of navigation in Strait of Hormuz
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Aug 7 (Sputnik/ANI): Iran is urging the need to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, President Hassan Rouhani told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron during a phone conversation on Tuesday.
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5.2 magnitude earthquake jolts southwest Iran
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Aug 5 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale struck southwest Iran on Monday morning, Iranian Seismological Center said.
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Iran seizes another foreign tanker in Persian Gulf for 'smuggling fuel'
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Aug 4 (ANI): Iran seized a foreign vessel that was "smuggling fuel" from the Persian Gulf, the country's state media said on Sunday.
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