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Lack of Iraqi visa hinders hundreds of Iranian pilgrims
Two hundred to three hundred Iranian pilgrims traveling to Iraq have been detained and returned to Iran for failing to produce any visas, according…
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Turkey arrests journalists who exposed shipments of arms to Syria
The Turkish judiciary has arrested Cumhuriyet editor-in-chief Can Dündar, along with the daily’s Ankara bureau chief, Erdem Gül, accusing them of espionage, revealing classified…
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Minister alarmed by high number of prisoners in Iran
Iran’s Minister of Justice has expressed concern about the high number of prisoners in the country. IRNA reports that at a meeting of judges…
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Earthquake strikes Khuzestan, tremors felt in several locations
The Tehran University Seismology Centre says an earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit 22 kilometres from Masjed Soleyman in Khuzestan Province. IRNA…
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Former head of Assembly of Experts says he’s likely to run again
Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, a moderate Iranian cleric, has announced that he will probably run in the coming Assembly of Experts election in March. IRAN…
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Iranian Leader warns once again about “infiltration” threat
Iran’s Supreme Leader has once again raised the topic of “infiltration” and stressed the need for vigilance in government against what he has called…
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Former ambassador identified as one of Iran’s dead in Mena stampede
The head of Iran’s Pilgrimage Organization announced that the group has identified the remains of a former Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, Ghazanfar Roknabadi, as…
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Second big Oil Ministry fraud case even larger than reported
Iranian Auditor General Nasser Seraj has announced that an individual who received oil from the Ministry of Oil and was supposed to pay the…
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Russia, Iran strengthen ties, send signals of solidarity
Iran and Russia signed seven memoranda of agreement on the sidelines of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Tehran. The member states at the…
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Captain of Iranian women’s futsal team permitted to leave country
The Iranian judiciary reports that through the intervention of the football federation and other relevant government bodies, Nilofar Ardalan, an Iranian futsal athlete and…
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Rivers redirected to save Iran’s biggest inland lake from vanishing
The secretary of the task force for replenishing Lake Urmia announced that water has begun to be transfered from the Simineh and Zarineh Rivers…
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Putin meet with Iranian leader in sidelines of GECF summit
Vladimir Putin met with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei upon the Russian president’s arrival in Tehran to attend the Gas Exporting Countries Forum. Putin…