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Healthcare

Music Therapy for the Disabled, for the First Time in Iran

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By using music therapy, Iran’s State Welfare Organisation is developing the use of art therapy for the disabled throughout the country.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s Response to US Sanctions Will Be Shocking: IRGC General

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If the US imposes new sanctions against Iran, it will be shocked by a more severe and decisive response, a senior IRGC general says.
Government

Rouhani Calls for Further Measures to Facilitate Lives of Persons with Disabilities

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In a message on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Hassan Rouhani, the President of Iran, called for increased measures to facilitate the lives of disabled people.
Foreign Policy

Iran Can’t Unilaterally Breach JCPOA in Reaction to US Violation: Official

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Political Deputy of Iranian President’s Office Hamid Aboutalebi says the US violation of nuclear deal with Iran cannot be unilaterally reciprocated as JCPOA is a multi-lateral commitment.
Editor's Choice

How Iranian Newspapers Covered US Senate’s Extension of Anti-Iran Sanctions

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IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday, December 3, and picked headlines from 31 of them. The majority of headlines today were focused on the US Senate’s extension of anti-Iran sanctions.
Crisis

Iran Sends 3rd Consignment of Relief Aid to Syria’s Aleppo

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The Islamic Republic of Iran has dispatched its third consignment of humanitarian aid to war-ravaged people in Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo.
Energy

Iran’s President Received Ayatollah Khamenei’s Approval before OPEC Deal: Source

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Reuters has quoted an unnamed source as saying that the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh met with Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to get his approval before the recent historic OPEC agreement.
Judiciary

Corrupt Billionaire’s Death Sentence Upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court of Iran has upheld a death sentence that a court had handed down to Iranian corporate mogul Babak Zanjani in March on corruption charges, an official said Saturday.
Americas

Trump Wants to Enhance US Ties with Iran: European Parliament Member

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A member of European Parliament believes that the US President-elect Donald Trump intends to rebuild Washington’s economic relations with Iran in spite of reports about probable new sanctions.
Crisis

24 Killed in Terrorist Blast in Iraq’s Mosul

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At least 24 people have lost their lives in an attack by the ISIS Takfiri [extremist] terrorist group in the Iraqi city of Mosul.
Foreign Policy

Extension of Anti-Iran Sanctions Will Have No ‘Executive Effect’: Zarif

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the extension of Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) in the US will have no “executive effect” and will merely be a sign of the US government’s unreliability.
IFP Exclusive

If Western Experts Leave Saudi Arabia, It Should Shut Down Its Oil Industry

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An Iranian general says Saudi Arabia is so much dependent on foreign experts that it would have to close its oil industry if they decide to leave.
Asia

UN Security Council Imposes New Sanctions against North Korea

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The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to impose new sanctions on North Korea, including strict new limits on exports of coal, in response to its latest nuclear test in September.
Europe

Britain Has Record Number of Prison Suicides

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The Howard League for Penal Reform reached a “record number” of prison suicides in England and Wales, with a total of 102 deaths under its care. This is the highest number since the institution’s first record in 1978.
IFP Coverage

Iran Rejects International Drug Cartels’ Transit Offer

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Iran’s Police says the country has rejected multiple “tempting proposals” by international drug kingpins that not a single cargo of narcotics will be distributed in Iran anymore if it agrees to provide a safe route for the transit of drugs to Europe.
Government

Rouhani’s Big Mistake Was Making His Gov’t Dependent on Nuclear Deal: Senior Conservative

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A veteran Iranian diplomat and a senior conservative believes that President Hassan Rouhani has made its government dependent on the nuclear deal with world powers, but JCPOA will not have a happy ending under his administration.
Foreign Policy

Iran to Use Its ‘Own Methods’ in Reaction to JCPOA Violation: Deputy FM

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If the US, or any other country, decides to disregard the nuclear deal with Tehran, then Iran will have to show appropriate reaction, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister says.
IFP Exclusive

Next Presidential Election Not Easy for Rouhani: MP

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A reformist parliament member says winning the next presidential election will not be an easy task for President Hassan Rouhani and his supporters must take his campaign seriously so that he will win the election.
IFP Exclusive

The Richest Russian Woman Visits Iran

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Yelena Baturina has recently travelled to Iranian holy city of Mashhad and visited the shrine of Imam Reza.
Foreign Policy

Iran Urges Immediate Release of Lawyers in Kenya

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Iran has urged Kenya to immediately release two of its lawyers arrested in the African country upon "intervention by a third party."
Americas

Trump Confesses US Presidency Is ‘Bigger Job than He Thought’

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Donald Trump has admitted the presidency is "a bigger job than I thought", a leading Republican has revealed.
Foreign Policy

Iranian Cleric Urges Retaliation for US Breaches of Nuclear Deal

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A senior Iranian cleric slammed the US Congress for its recent move to extend sanctions against Iran for another ten years, saying that it is now time for the Islamic Republic to retaliate such violations of the JCPOA, a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
Crisis

UN Syria Envoy Urges Nusra Front to Leave Aleppo

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Staffan de Mistura, the UN Special Envoy for Syria, reiterated on Thursday that al-Nusra Front group's militants should leave eastern Aleppo.
Asia

Iran and China Are Safe Harbours of Asia: Larijani

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Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani described Iran and China as the havens of Asia, and called for development of Tehran-Beijing ties in all fields.
Americas

What Will Happen after US Senate’s Extension of Anti-Iran Sanctions?

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US Senators overwhelmingly approved Thursday a 10-year extension of tough economic sanctions against Iran. But will President Obama sign the extension?
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