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Iran blocks Telegram, Instagram amid protests
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], January 1 (ANI): Iran has blocked two popular social media apps - Telegram and Instagram - as a security measure, as protests against the government continued for the fourth consecutive day.
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Rouhani defends citizens' right to protest, denounces violence
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], January 1 (ANI): Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the people of Iran were free to protest peacefully, but rejected protesting by violence.
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3 reportedly killed in ongoing protests in Iran
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], December 31 (ANI): At least, three people were reportedly shot dead by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the ongoing protests against the government in Iran.
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Protesters chant anti-government slogans in Iran
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], December 30 (ANI): Protesters in Iran raised anti-government slogans, over alleged corruption and rising prices that have plagued the people of the country in recent times.
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1 dead, 56 injured as earthquake strikes near Tehran
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Dec 27 (ANI): A person died of heart attack after a 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck west of Tehran on Wednesday.
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Don't follow US blindly: Iran tells French president
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Dec 18 (ANI): Iranian Supreme Leader's top aide for international affairs Ali Akbar Velayati on Sunday slammed French President Emmanuel Macron over his tough stance toward Tehran, saying he should not "blindly" follow United States President Donald Trump.
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Earthquake hits Iran's Northern and Central province
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], December 13 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale on Wednesday hit Northern and Central Iran.
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Rouhani to inaugurate Chabahar port today
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Tehran (Iran) December 3 (ANI) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will be inaugurating the first phase of Chabahar port, known as the Shahid Beheshti port, on Sunday.
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Swaraj makes stopover in Iran
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
(Tehran) [Iran], Dec.2 (ANI): Reinforcing India and Iran's traditionally close and civilizational linkages, External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj on Saturday had a luncheon meeting with her Iranian counterpart Dr Javad Zarif in Tehran.
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Quake of magnitude 6.0 hit Iran
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Dec 1 (ANI): A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck jolted Southeastern Iran near the city of Kerman on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said.
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First food aid arrives in Yemen post blockade eased
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Sana'a [Yemen], Nov 27 (ANI): The first food aid has been allowed to dock at a port in Yemen, after a three-week blockade by a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition.
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Pakistan Army Chief's visit to Iran seen as strategic move away from Saudi
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov.21 (ANI): Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa recent three-day visit to Tehran to take bilateral military relations between the two countries to the next level, has left the powers that be in Saudi Arabia shell shocked, with whom Islamabad shares traditional
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