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2018-10-10 21:58
Police hosts foreign diplomats
TEHRAN – The Iranian police on Wednesday hosted a conference with foreign ambassadors, charges d’affaires, and representatives of international organizations in Tehran.
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2018-10-07 09:04
India, Russia condemn cross-border terrorism
TEHRAN - India and Russia condemn cross-border terrorism and sanctuaries to terrorists, calling for a “decisive” response to the menace of international terrorism without any “double standards”.
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2018-10-06 20:02
Guards crush armed group on Afghan border
TEHRAN – Iranian border guards on Thursday disbanded a three-member team of gunmen as they were trying to cross the country’s border with Afghanistan, local news outlets reported
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2018-10-01 08:18
Iran, Pakistan stress closer co-op against terrorism
TEHRAN – Qadir Nezami, the deputy chief the Iranian Armed Forces, and Pakistan’s Secretary of Defense Ikramul Haq held a meeting in Tehran on Sunday, during which they voiced mutual resolve to develop defense cooperation in combating terrorism.
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2018-09-30 21:44
"Saudis fund terrorists"
Zarif says Trump succeeded in isolating U.S.
TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says President Donald Trump has succeeded to isolate the United States.
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2018-09-25 20:28
Tehran sues terrorist-embracing UK-based channel
TEHRAN – Iran has filed a lawsuit against the UK-based TV channel “Iran International” over the network’s support for a terrorist group involved in a Saturday attack on a military parade in Ahvaz.
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2018-09-25 00:09
Tehran to host regional security meeting
TEHRAN – The first meeting among regional countries’ national security officials and consultants is scheduled to be held in Tehran on Wednesday, ISNA reported.
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2018-09-23 22:37
Countries denounce terrorist attack in Ahvaz
TEHRAN – A number of countries have denounced or offered condolences over a terrorist attack which on Saturday targeted military personnel and civilians in Ahvaz, southwest Iran.
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2018-09-23 09:56
‘India third largest victim of terrorism’
TEHRAN - For second year on trot, India has emerged as the third largest victim of terror attacks across the world after Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a study report. CPI-Maoists, which carried out 53 percent of the total attacks in India this year, is the fourth deadliest terror group after ISIS, Taliban and Al-Shabaab, says the report by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism.
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2018-09-11 09:47
BJP govt. to build 'New India' by 2022
TEHRAN - The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in India has pledged to build "new India" by 2022. The resolution was passed at the two-day party convention in New Delhi on Sunday.
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2018-09-11 09:45
UN refugee chief visits Pakistan
TEHRAN - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited Pakistan with UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock this week to assess the situation of Afghan refugees living there.
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2018-09-09 20:28
Three policemen martyred in Hormozgan gun attack
TEHRAN – Three Iranian police forces were martyred in an attack on a police station in Iran’s southern province of Hormozgan on Saturday night.
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2018-09-07 23:20
Two terror cells dismantled in western Iran
TEHRAN – In a statement on Friday, the Intelligence Ministry announced that it had dismantled two terrorist cells in Kermanshah province, western Iran.
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2018-09-04 10:44
New commander for U.S. forces in Afghanistan
TEHRAN - In a significant move at a time when the U.S. is facing defeat in its longest war in Afghanistan, U.S. Army General Scott Miller has assumed command of U.S. and NATO forces in the war-ravaged country
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2018/09/04
By: Mudasir Sheikh
Iran’s key role in fight against America’s economic terrorism
TEHRAN - The America’s economic terrorism against the Islamic Republic of Iran has assumed alarming proportions lately. But Iran stands unfazed. On August 20, 2018, Iran’s central bank-affiliated website took off U.S. dollar as a standard of measuring the average rate of Iran’s most tradable currencies. In February, Iran had switched from US dollar to Euro as the official reporting currency of the nation.
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2018-07-31 12:22
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
U.S. anti-narcotics campaign in Afghanistan a big disaster
TEHRAN - The protracted war in Afghanistan has many convoluted dimensions and needless to say the foreign invaders have failed in almost every way. Their engagement in the war-ravaged country has only wreaked havoc, brought misery to the people and emboldened insurgent groups to carry out deadly strikes across the country.
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2018/07/26
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
Let’s talk about terrorism perpetuated by America
“There are two ways to approach the study of terrorism,” notes Noam Chomsky in ‘Western State Terrorism’. “One may adopt a literal approach or a propagandistic approach, construing the concept of terrorism as a weapon to be exploited in the service of some system of power. It comes as no surprise that the propagandistic approach is adopted by governments generally, and by their instruments in totalitarian states.”
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2018-07-17 11:03
Terrorism charges opened against PML-N leaders in Pakistan
TEHRAN - Less than a week after Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz were arrested by an accountability court in Islamabad in an anti-graft case, some top leaders of the party have been booked under an anti-terrorism law by Pakistani authorities.
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2018-07-08 11:51
Malaysia rules out deportation of controversial televangelist to India
TEHRAN - In a direct rebuke to Indian authorities, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has ruled out the deportation of controversial televangelist Zakir Naik to India.
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2018-07-05 12:29
China bats for Pakistan after latter is placed on FATF ‘grey list’
Less than a week after Pakistan was placed on the ‘grey list’ by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), close ally China came to Islamabad’s defence, asking the international community to recognize “enormous efforts and sacrifices” made by Pakistan to combat terrorism.
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2018-07-03 09:47
Pakistan has achieved major gains in fight against terrorism
Pakistan has achieved major gains in the fight against terrorism, but international cooperation is needed to eliminate the menace across the world, Pakistan's permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) Dr. Maleeha Lodhi said on Saturday.
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2018-07-02 10:20
Tehran to host 6-party anti-terror conference
Iran will play host to the next meeting of the parliament speakers of six regional countries on the ways to combat the threat of terrorism and coordinate counterterrorism efforts, an MP has said.
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2018-07-01 10:55
Pakistan commits to work in compliance with FATF’s action plan
Two days after being added to the grey-list of countries by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Pakistan committed to work with FATF to meet the desired objectives.
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2018-06-28 12:34
Pakistan staring at a major water catastrophe, says UN report
It’s not the scourge of terrorism, extremism or unemployment that poses the greatest threat to Pakistan today.
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2018-06-28 12:21
Pakistan seeks to avoid gray list as FATF meetings start this week
Ahead of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) joint plenary in Paris this week, Pakistan is preparing a strong defense to avoid being on the international financial watchdog’s gray list of “jurisdictions with strategic anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) deficiencies”.
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2018-06-27 16:53
Legitimate struggle against occupation is not terrorism, Iran says
TEHRAN - Es’haq Al-e-Habib, the Iranian deputy ambassador to the UN, said on Tuesday that Iran opposes equating legitimate struggle against occupation with terrorism.
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2018-06-25 09:28
Tehran condemns assassination attempt against Zimbabwean president
TEHRAN – Iran has strongly condemned Saturday’s assassination attempt against Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa during a campaign rally in the city of Bulawayo.
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2018-06-18 11:12
Iran, Turkey seek continued war on terrorism
TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Interior Minister Hossein Zolfaghari held a telephone conversation on Sunday with Undersecretary of Turkish Ministry of Interior Muhterem Ince to urge continued fight against terrorism and organized crime in the region.
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2018-06-12 07:44
Iranian security forces arrest 27 terrorists
TEHRAN – The Iranian Intelligence Ministry announced on Monday that the country’s security forces had arrested 27 members of a terrorist network who planned to carry out terror attacks during the holy month of Ramadan, especially on Laylat al-Qadr.
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2018-05-12 21:36
Prosecutor hails Iran-Pakistan judicial agreements
TEHRAN – Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, Iran’s prosecutor general, on Saturday highlighted the importance of judicial agreements between Iran and Pakistan.