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Iraqi Kurds Arriving on Kish Island on Direct Flights

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Direct flights have been officially launched between Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah and Iran’s Kish Island, and the first passenger plane carrying the Kurdish tourists landed on the Persian Gulf island earlier this week.
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Iran Unveils Homegrown Simulator for Airbus A320

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Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari has unveiled a homegrown flight simulator for Airbus A320 passenger jetliner.
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Crashed Ukrainian Plane Black Box to Be Decoded in France: Iran

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An Iranian official says data on the black box of the Ukrainian plane that was mistakenly shot down by Iranian air defence systems near Tehran last Wednesday will be decoded in France.
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Iran to Electrify Motorcycles to Reduce Air Pollution: Minister

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Iran’s energy minister says the country plans to electrify motorcycles in metropolises as part of a technical-economic program to reduce air pollution.
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Iran Says Ready for Partnership in Five-State Transit Corridor

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Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Reza Rahmani has expressed the country’s resolve to carry out a joint project on a transportation corridor with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Oman.
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Iranian Experts Build Homegrown Subway Propulsion System

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A group of Iranian knowledge-based companies have worked together to design and build the propulsion system of the subway cars.
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Iran President Opens Key Railway Near Turkey

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President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday officially inaugurated the Mianeh-Bostan Abad Railway during his visit to East Azarbaijan Province.
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Iran, Syria Discuss Cooperation on Roads Construction

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Ministers from Iran and Syria have discussed the ways to promote cooperation between the two countries in the housing and road construction sectors.
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Iran’s First Woman Airport Chief Talks of Her Job’s Ups & Downs

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It’s been a few months that an Iranian woman named Parvaneh Sohrabi has been appointed as the first female airport manager in Iran and in the Middle East.
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Iran Joins Railroad Project Connecting China to Europe

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Iran and four other countries have signed a cooperation document on a major railroad corridor stretching from China to Europe.
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Iran’s Roads Minister in Turkmenistan for High-Level Talks

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Iran’ Minister of Roads, Urban Development Mohammad Eslami has headed for Ashgabat at the head of a high-ranking delegation.
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Flight Captained by Two Women for First Time in Iran

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For the first time in Iran, two women pilots have captained a flight, which took over 160 passengers from Tehran to Mashhad and brought almost the same number of people back to Tehran.
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Over 3.3 Iranian Pilgrims Leave Iran to Attend March of Arba’een

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An Iranian official says around 3.3 million pilgrims have so far left the country to take part in the Arba’een march which is held every year on the fortieth day after Ashura on which Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions were martyred 14 centuries ago.
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Iran Denies Saudis Responded to Its Oil Tanker’s Distress Call

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The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organisation says no maritime entity in the region responded to a request for assistance from Iranian oil tanker after it was hit by two missiles Friday.
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ICOMOS to Assess Iran’s Rail Corridor for Recognition as Industrial Heritage

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Tehran says representatives of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) will do a field survey on Iran’s cross-country rail corridor in order to register it as the country’s first industrial heritage.
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Collision with Pickup Truck Grounds Tehran-Yazd Plane

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In an unprecedented accident a pickup truck has collided with ATR-72 plane in Iran’s Yazd airport.
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Iraq Reopens Border Crossing with Iran ahead of Arba’een

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The Khosravi border crossing between Iran and Iraq reopened on Friday, more than six years after a terrorist attack led to its closure.
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Iran Leader Allocates Funds for Key Railroad Project

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has approved tapping Iran’s sovereign wealth fund for construction of a key railway southeast of the country, says Iran’s transportation minister.
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Iran to Become Self-Sufficient in Aircraft Engine Production: Top General

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Iran is going to become fully self-sufficient in producing aircraft engines, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said.
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Gibraltar Releases Iranian Tanker Grace 1: Official

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The Iranian supertanker Grace-1 seized in Gibraltar has been finally released after almost 40 days, apparently as a goodwill gesture by the UK to secure the release of the British oil tanker Stena Impero impounded in Iran.
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Tehran-Ankara Train on Track again after 4 Years

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After a four-year suspension, Iran launched the first Tehran-Ankara train, which made its inaugural trip to Turkey on Wednesday night. Carrying 200 passengers, the 5-car train departed Tehran at 10 PM local time.
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Neshat Jahandari Becomes Second Woman Airline Pilot of Iran

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Neshat Jahandari has recently received her four stripes after her first independent flight, turning into the second woman airline pilot in Iran.
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Swedish Ex-Leader Disputes UK Capture of Iranian Oil Tanker

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A former prime minister of Sweden has questioned the legality of seizure of an Iranian oil tanker by the UK, stressing that the non-EU states are not subject to the European sanctions.
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Iran Weighing Plan to Collect Toll from Ships at Hormuz Strait

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A senior member of the Iranian parliament has shared more details of a plan to collect tolls from foreign ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.
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Airlines No Longer Avoid Iran’s Airspace despite US Warning

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Iran’s top aviation official says that major international airlines have been returning to skies south of the country after a brief hiatus caused by an Iran-US military escalation in the region.
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