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2021-02-07 21:03
Iran warns against Israeli provocative statements
TEHRAN - Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations, has warned against the provocative and warmongering statements by the Zionist regime, saying Iran will definitely respond to “any threat or wrong action” by the occupying regime, according to ISNA news agency.
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2021-02-07 21:02
Ex-EU politician says Europe can mediate between Iran and U.S. to revive JCPOA
TEHRAN - Tarja Cronberg, a former member of the European Parliament, says Europe can play a key role in breaking the current deadlock between Tehran and Washington over the JCPOA, according to Tasnim news agency.
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2021-02-07 21:01
UN envoy on Yemen visits Iran to discuss political solution
TEHRAN - The United Nations special envoy on Yemen, Martin Griffiths, began a two-day visit to Iran on Sunday to discuss issues related to the Yemen crisis.
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2021-02-07 21:00
Iran’s Judiciary chief to visit Iraq on Monday
TEHRAN –Iran’s Judiciary chief Ayatollah Seyed Ibrahim Raisi will pay a two-day visit to Iraq to sign a number of memoranda of understanding, Iraq’s Judiciary said in a statement on Sunday.
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2021-02-07 20:59
Iran-Russia ties not subject to external factors: ambassador
TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali has hailed the relations between Tehran and Moscow, saying these relations are not subject to any foreign influence, ISNA reported on Sunday.
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2021-02-07 20:58
General Salami says Iranians firm to overcome sanctions
TEHRAN - Major General Hossein Salami, the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, says the Iranian nation is seriously determined to “leave behind” the sanctions by focusing on domestic capacities.
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2021-02-07 20:53
Iran extends UK flight ban to Feb. 19
TEHRAN - Iran has extended the ban on passenger flights to Britain until February 19 due to the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus, the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran announced.
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2021-02-07 17:13
‘Iran, Russia have high potential for medical co-op’
TEHRAN – Iran and Russia have high potential for cooperation in the field of medicine and vaccines, Mohammad Reza Shanehsaz, head of the Iranian Food and Drug Administration, has said.
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2021-02-07 14:17
Leader: Iran will reverse nuclear steps if U.S. lifts all sanctions
TEHRAN - Leader of the Islamic Revolution said on Sunday that Iran will reverse its nuclear steps only if the United States lifts its sanctions in a way that Iran can verify them.
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2021-02-07 12:33
Two Arab countries order to buy Iranian COVID-19 vaccine
TEHRAN – Pharmaceutical companies from two Arab countries have officially put in a request for buying the Iranian-made COVIRAN BAREKAT vaccine.
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2021-02-06 22:36
Iranian academics hail resistance movements in Palestine, Syria and Lebanon
TEHRAN – A third meeting of the online international conference on international law and armed conflict in the region with a focus on the resistance front, international law and resistance by Palestine, Syria and Hezbollah against Israel was hosted by the University of Qom.
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2021-02-06 22:36
U.S. eyes easing restrictions on Iran without lifting key sanctions: report
TEHRAN – The United States is weighing options to ease economic pressure on Iran without lifting key sanctions – including on oil sales- as a step toward reviving the 2015 nuclear deal abandoned by former President Donald Trump, Bloomberg reported.
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2021-02-06 22:35
Iran’s Parliament speaker to visit Russia on Sunday
TEHRAN – Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s Parliament, will pay a three-day visit to Russia on Sunday to deliver a message from Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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2021-02-06 22:31
Good news on the way about Iran-China ties: ambassador
TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador to China Mohammad Keshavarzzadeh said on Friday that the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Iran and China will be coupled with good news about the relations between the two countries.
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2021-02-06 22:30
Zarif urges U.S. to rejoin nuclear deal without hesitation
TEHRAN - Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, has urged Washington to act fast to return to the nuclear accord, pointing out that legislation passed by the parliament obliges the government to harden its nuclear stance if U.S. sanctions are not eased by Feb. 21.
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2021-02-06 18:30
Top Iranian archaeologist, Firouz Bagherzadeh, dies at 90
TEHRAN – Iranian archaeologist Firouz Bagherzadeh, who was former director of the Archaeological Center of Iran and a specialist in Islamic art, has died aged 90.
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2021-02-06 18:17
Iraq seeking to act as mediator between Iran, U.S. and Saudi Arabia: analyst
TEHRAN - Hassan Hanizadeh, an expert on regional issues, says Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein has offered that Baghdad can mediate among Iran, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia.
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2021-02-06 18:12
Envoy says Iran not optimistic about Biden’s policy towards Yemen
TEHRAN- Hassan Irlou, Iran’s ambassador to Yemen, has said he is not optimistic about the U.S. new policy on the war-torn Yemen, according to Fars news agency.
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2021-02-06 16:33
Iran launches new satellite-carrying Zuljanah rocket
The spokesman for Iran's Defense Ministry's aerospace operation said that Iran has tested a satellite launcher names Zuljanah for research purposes. The Zuljanah is able to carry a single 220 kg satellite and to reach a height of 500 km. The three-stage satellite launcher uses a combination of solid and liquid fuels. It uses solid fuel in the first and second stages and fluid fuel in the third stage
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2021-02-06 11:55
Blinken discusses Iran with British, French, German ministers
TEHRAN - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed Iran and other issues on Friday in a virtual meeting with his British, French and German counterparts as the group weighs how to revive the Iran nuclear deal, Reuters reported.
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2021-02-06 11:43
Cemetery of martyrs of divine religions flowered
Concurrent with the arrival of the 42 anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, the cemetery of Chaldeans in which the martyrs of divine religions are laid to rest were flowered. The flowering was done with observation of health protocols in view of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, February 4. The soldiers buried in the cemetery were mostly martyred during Saddam Hussein’s war against Iran in the 1980s. It also includes those killed during the struggle against the despotic Pahlavi regime.
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2021-02-05 22:39
Russia eyes close cooperation with EU on JCPOA, Lavrov says
TEHRAN - The chief Russian diplomat has said his country would continue to work with the European Union on the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and hopes that the United States would decide to return to the deal in the near future.
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2021-02-05 22:39
IRGC general: Russia has admitted Iran has changed global equations
TEHRAN - Brigadier General Hossein Nejat, a commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), says the last year’s retaliatory missile strike on the U.S. military base of Ain al-Assad in western Iraq was so impressive that Russia admitted that Iran has changed the world equations, according to Tasnim news agency.
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2021-02-05 22:38
Macron’s gambit
TEHRAN – French President Emanuel Macron has once again called for broader negotiations with Iran and involvement of Iran’s archrivals in the negotiations, a stance that could derail the very much anticipated talks between Iran and the West even before they go ahead.
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2021-02-05 19:30
Museum of anthropology, cultural heritage to open in northwest Iran
TEHRAN – A local history museum dedicated to the anthropology and cultural heritage of the ancient town of Kowsar and its surroundings will soon open its doors to the public in the northwest Iranian town.
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2021-02-05 18:10
Sistan-Baluchestan loses $34.2 million in tourism earnings as a result of COVID-19
TEHRAN – Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province has lost 1,440 billion rials ($34.2 million at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) in earnings from tourism as many potential visitors stay away due to the impact of the coronavirus, according to Alireza Jalalzaei, the provincial tourism chief.
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2021-02-05 17:31
Hatami hopes to boost military ties between Iran and India
TEHRAN- Brigadier General Amir Hatami, Iran’s defense minister, says Iran and India enjoy great capacities to promote defense and military ties given the many affinities that the two states share, including their position on various international issues.
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2021-02-05 17:30
Rouhani praises legal victory of Iranian diplomats over U.S.
TEHRAN - Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s president, on Thursday welcomed the International Court of Justice’s ruling on a lawsuit pertaining to the U.S. violation of the 1955 Treaty of Amity as a “beautiful and brilliant victory” for the Iranian nation over a superpower, according to Tasnim.
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2021-02-05 17:30
Iran ‘strongly’ condemns Belgian court’s ruling against Iranian diplomat
TEHRAN – Iran has categorically denounced a Belgian court’s ruling against Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi.
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2021-02-05 17:29
Macron seeks to add Israel and Saudi Arabia to negotiation with Iran
TEHRAN – French President Emmanuel Macron has praised the U.S. decision to engage with Iran and said Saudi Arabia and Israel must ultimately be involved in the negotiation with Iran, according to Reuters.