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Macedonia pushes back against wave of migrants
Macedonian police have prevented thousands of asylum seekers from entering their country, holding them back from the border and stranding them in severe rain.…
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Province’s schools promote Kurdish language
The head of the Kurdistan board of education says the Kurdish language will be incorporated into middle school text books for the next academic…
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Parliament chooses MPs to review nuclear pact
Iranian Parliament has elected a 15-member commission to review the draft of the nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the 5+1 in Vienna last…
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Report says interference waves now less intense
Iran’s minister of transportation has announced that the report on the effects of interference waves has been forwarded to the Supreme Council of National…
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Leader accuses U.S. of using nuclear deal to influence Iran
Iran’s Supreme Leader has once again emphasized his anti-American stance, saying he will not allow the United States to use the nuclear agreement to…
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MPs clamour for government bill on nuclear agreement
201 Iranian MPs have urged the government to immediately forward the nuclear agreement to Parliament in the form of a bill. The MPs base…
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Recent Varamin earthquake too weak to threaten Tehran
The deputy head of Iran’s Seismology and Earthquake Institute says the recent earthquake in Varamin was too weak to activate Tehran’s fault lines. IRNA…
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Officials blame derailment on rail tampering
Iranian officials say the train that derailed after leaving Gorgan in Golestan Province was sabotaged by the removal of more than 600 nuts and…
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Two provinces on alert after earthquake strikes
After an earthquake shook the provincial borders of Tehran and Semnan, the head of Red Crescent Rescue Operations announced that both provinces are in…
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Bombing Qandil, Barzani’s Statement and the Predicaments of Erbil and Ankara
Ali Asghar Faridi Following the Turkish bombing of PKK positions in the Qandil mountains, the village of Zargeli, located in those same mountains, was…
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Reformists call for fairness in vetting Assembly candidates
A number of Iranian reformist figures have met with Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi and Ayatollah Mohammad Momen, members of the Guardian Council, to discuss concerns…
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Kurds fighting ISIS hit by chemical weapon attacks
The German defence ministry reports that Kurdish forces fighting against ISIS have been targeted with chemical weapons in recent days. In a report on…