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Iran’s top diplomat to attend meeting on Syrian crisis
Following reports that Iran will be invited to join the talks in Vienna aimed at resolving the Syrian crisis, Iran’s foreign ministry announced that…
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Hundreds of birds found dead near critically drying lake
Omid Yousefi, the head of Wildlife Monitoring and Environmental Protection for Western Azerbaijan, has reported that 1,500 birds of various species have been found…
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Zagros forests under threat from dust storms
Fatemeh Piroozi of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center of Lorestan reports that dust storms are seriously compromising the Zargos forests. Piroozi told…
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Ministry reject reports of official “banned” artists list
Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Guidance denies having published any list of artists banned from artistic activities. Ministry spokesman Hossein Noushabadi said, however, that…
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Plummeting car sales hit auto parts sector
The head of Iran’s Association of Car Parts Manufacturers says auto manufacturing has shrunk by 50 percent and 50,000 workers in the sector have…
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Assad open to Syrian elections after IS defeat
Syrian President Beshar Al-Assad says he is willing to hold parliamentary and presidential elections in Syria and run in those elections, said a Russian…
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Celebrants at Leader’s home chant against nuclear deal
A group of participants at the Muharram mourning ceremony at the home of Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei began chanting slogans against parliamentary…
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Iran hopes for better relations after Canada’s election
After the Iranian Foreign Ministry welcomed the victory of the Liberal Party in Canada and expressed hopes that it would translate into an end…
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Iranian missile test divides eastern, western countries
Russia and China have refused to endorse U.S. and European claims that the recent missile test by Iran violated UN resolutions. The U.S., Britain,…
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Rohani assures Leader of vigilance around nuclear deal
The Iranian president has announced that the nuclear agreement between Iran and the 5+1 will be implemented with due attention paid to all the…
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Iranian-Canadians among MPs in Canada’s new government
Two Iranian-Canadians won seats in Canada’s federal Parliament in an election that swept Justin Trudeau and his Liberal Party to power with a majority…
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Declining deer population bad news for endangered cheetah
The Department of the Environment reports that the deer population in the Shirahmad Wildlife Sanctuary in Sabzevar, Khorasan Razavi Province has declined by almost…