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2019-03-12 10:08
Kashmir newspapers run blank front pages
TEHRAN - To register their protest against the government’s move to stop advertisements to two prominent newspapers in Indian-controlled Kashmir, newspapers in the region ran blank front pages on Sunday.
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2019-03-12 09:58
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Battle lines drawn for India elections; Modi and Gandhi main challengers
TEHRAN _ Battle lines are drawn and countdown has virtually begun for the biggest electoral showdown on the earth – the elections for India’s parliament – scheduled in April.
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2019-03-10 10:15
India’s Pakistan envoy returns to Islamabad
TEHRAN - In a move that marks the de-escalation of political and diplomatic tensions between India and Pakistan, New Delhi’s envoy to Islamabad joined back office on Wednesday.
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2019-03-10 10:08
U.S. asks its citizens not to visit Kashmir
TEHRAN - Following escalation of tensions in the region, the U.S. government has issued a travel advisory for its nationals, asking them not to visit “most of Jammu and Kashmir”.
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2019-03-10 10:07
‘Pakistani won't allow its soil to be used for terrorist activities'
TEHRAN -In last few weeks, since the saber-rattling between the two South Asian nuclear giants took them to the brink of a full-fledged war, the role of Pakistani premier in de-escalating tensions has been significant.
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2019-03-09 20:36
Chabahar port has turned into symbol of cooperation between Iran and India
Rouhani receives credentials of six ambassadors
TEHRAN – On Saturday President Hassan Rouhani received credentials of the new ambassadors of Burkina Faso, Myanmar, Congo, Malta, India and Iraq.
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2019-03-09 10:40
By Asif Durrani
Lessons from the Indian brinkmanship
What lessons have we learnt from Mr. Modi’s misadventure in the past week? Alertness to face the enemy on the diplomatic and military fronts has been the major takeaway for Pakistan of this episode which won accolades globally from friends and foes. The second important lesson which our policy makers may have learnt is that in the international arena, it is your own prowess which saves the day for you. Third and most important gain from Pakistan’s point of view has been the internationalization of Kashmir dispute, much to the chagrin of India. Fourth, and pleasantly surprising for Pakistan, was Russian offer of mediation between Pakistan and India, which, of course, India did not like a bit.
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2019-03-08 20:18
Zarif, Swaraj hold talks on regional developments
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj exchanged views about a range of issues, including the latest developments in the region, according to a report by the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
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2019-03-06 22:08
Seven of top ten most-polluted cities in India
TEHRAN - In a shocking revelation belying India’s tall claims of rapid economic progress and development, seven of the top ten most polluted cities in the world are in India. A study by Greenpeace showing South Asia’s fight against deteriorating air quality and its toll on global economy was released on Tuesday.
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2019-03-06 22:06
Trump’s next trade war with India; India’s preferential trade status ended
TEHRAN - It is official: U.S. President Donald Trump’s next trade war is going to be with India, and his decision to end India’s preferential trade status bears testimony to that.
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2019/03/06
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
India’s war-crazy TV media stoops to new low
TEHRAN - Truth is the first casualty of war, said Greek playwright Aeschylus. The phrase has been interminably used to explain and contextualize the gross misrepresentation of facts in the event of war.
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2019-03-06 20:09
‘Iran trains Indian, Omani and Pakistan military men’
TEHRAN - Second Brigadier General Hassan Valivand, the commandant of AJA University of Command and Staff, has said that Indian, Omani and Pakistani military men are receiving training at the university under this leadership.
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2019-03-05 21:58
Tehran mediating between Pakistan, India
TEHRAN – Iran has been acting as mediator to help settle a dispute between Pakistan and India which has intensified over the past few weeks.
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2019-03-05 10:34
India, China, Afghanistan hold trilateral summit
TEHRAN - The first trilateral summit between Afghanistan, India, and China was held in Kabul on Saturday, according to reports.
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2019-03-05 10:33
Trump alleges India is a ‘ very high-tariff nation’
TEHRAN - In an indication of another simmering trade war between the United States and India, U.S. President Donald Trump has alleged that India is a very high-tariff nation
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2019-03-05 10:20
India, Russia inaugurate plant to produce AK-203 Kalashnikov assault rifles
TEHRAN - Taking their defense partnership to the next level, India and Russia on Sunday inaugurated a plant that will produce AK-203 Kalashnikov assault rifles.
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2019-03-04 20:12
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Israeli footprint in India-Pakistan saber-rattling
TEHRAN - Last Tuesday when Indian air force conducted pre-dawn ‘surgical strike’ in neighboring Pakistan, the relations between the two nuclear powers and regional giants touched a new low.
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2019-03-04 09:36
By Mohammad Ghaderi - Twitter: @ghaderi62 - Email: m.ghaderi62@gmail.com
MBS’s bloody present for Pakistan
TEHRAN - The two neighboring states India and Pakistan, both with nuclear bombs, are at loggerheads again. The intensification of the clashes between the two sides can turn the Indian subcontinent into a military battle ground for a very long time.
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2019-03-03 15:35
At OIC, Indian FM says Pakistan harboring terrorists
TEHRAN - Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj addressed the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) session in Abu Dhabi on Friday and censured countries harboring terrorists on their soil, without naming Pakistan.
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2019-03-03 14:45
China doesn’t recognize India, Pakistan as ‘nuclear powers’
TEHRAN - China has said that it never recognized India and Pakistan as nuclear powers and ruled out extending such a status to North Korea following the unsuccessful second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Vietnam.
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2019-03-03 14:44
Russia offers mediation between India, Pakistan
TEHRAN - It took hectic back-channel lobbying and diplomacy of many regional countries to diffuse tensions between India and Pakistan and avert what could have been a disastrous war.
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2019-03-02 20:46
Pakistan calls for Iran mediation to resolve conflict with India
TEHRAN – Pakistan’s embassy in Tehran has called on the Iranian government to play an active role in resolving Islamabad’s tension with New Delhi and help find a peaceful solution to the conflict.
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2019-03-01 11:36
India test-fires short-range QRSAM missile
TEHRAN _ As the situation escalates in the South Asian region, India on Tuesday successfully test-fired short-range Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) off southern coast.
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2019-03-01 11:35
Amidst ‘war-like situation’, India, Pakistan conduct surgical strikes
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
TEHRAN - From diplomatic offensive to military action, India has moved swiftly to take ‘revenge’ from arch-rival Pakistan for the recent terror attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
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2019-03-01 11:33
India, China, Russia vow to ‘eradicate terrorism’
TEHRAN - As a reaffirmation of their resolve to combat the menace of terrorism and extremism in the region, Russia and China on Wednesday agreed to ‘closer policy coordination’.
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2019-03-01 11:31
‘India-Pakistan war will impact Afghan peace process’
With India and Pakistan on the warpath, Afghan Taliban has also jumped the bandwagon, warning that it could have a bearing on Afghanistan’s peace process.
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2019-02-28 13:13
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
‘Events unfolding between India and Pakistan very frightening’
TEHRAN - The heightened tensions between India and Pakistan – the two warring neighbors – in the wake of recent terror attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir have brought them on the warpath again.
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2019/02/28
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
It’s official: India, Pakistan are at war, again
TEHRAN - After days of shrill war rhetoric and saber-rattling, India claimed to have conducted a surgical strike in Balakot, a small hamlet in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, early Tuesday morning.
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2019-02-27 19:47
Zarif asks India, Pakistan to exercise self-restraint
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday expressed regret over recent clashes between India and Pakistan, asking the two countries to exercise self-restraint.
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2019-02-27 15:59
Pakistan shoots down two Indian fighter jets: Military
Islamabad, Pakistan - Pakistan shot down two Indian air force fighter jets and launched air strikes at six targets in Indian-administered Kashmir, its military says, in a dramatic ratcheting up of tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.