Middle East

US Senate introduces new legislation to boost normalisation with Israel

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The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has introduced new bill aimed at strengthening normalisation with Israel through proposals with nearly $120m in funding, naming Saudi Arabia as a "key regional partner" that would be eligible for many of those programmes.
Views

Former Iranian FM, nuclear chief proposes comprehensive political dialog between Iran, US

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A former head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Agency and foreign minister, Ali-Akbar Salehi, has proposed that Iran and the United States hold a wide political dialog to resolve bilateral issues.
Religion

Iran FM calls for OIC ministerial meeting over defiling Quran

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has called for an urgent meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) over the fresh desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden.
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 514

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Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:
Local

Iranians rally in Tehran to protest Quran desecration

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People have held a protest rally in Tehran to condemn the desecration of the holy Quran in Sweden. The rally happened after the Friday prayers in the Iranian capital.
Incidents

Dust storm hits city in Iran’s southeast

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A dust storm packing winds of up to 126 kph hit the city of Zabol, in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, in the wee hours of Friday.
Energy

Iran says oil cargo seized by Indonesia not its

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Iran’s Oil Ministry says the cargo of a supertanker seized by Indonesia earlier this month does not belong to the Islamic Republic.
Middle East

Hezbollah chief calls on Muslims to expel Swedish ambassadors after Quran desecration

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The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah has urged all Arab and Muslim countries to expel the Swedish envoys from their capitals in reaction to a fresh desecration of the holy Quran in the European country.
Security

Footage: Iranian Navy aircraft monitor extra-regional warships in Persian Gulf

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Iran’s national television shows footage of Navy aircraft conducting surveillance patrols over extra-regional warships sailing in the Persian Gulf.
Religion

Iranian FM writes letter to UN chief over desecration of Quran, Swedish envoy summoned

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The Iranian foreign minister, in a letter to the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres, has warned against the continuation of defiling Islamic sanctities.
Middle East

Iraq expels Sweden envoy over Quran burning

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Iraq has expelled the Swedish ambassador hours after protesters angered by the burning of copies of the holy Quran in the European country, stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, scaling the walls of the compound and setting it on fire.
Incidents

Storm batters Sistan, southeastern Iran

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A strong storm has battered Sistan in southeastern Iran, greatly reducing visibility there.
Local

Two policemen shot dead by drug traffickers in southwestern Iran

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Two policemen have been killed during a clash with drug traffickers in the southwestern Iranian province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad.
Energy

Iran commander warns unloading Iranian oil by US would meet “response in kind”

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The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has warned against unloading the Iranian oil from a seized tanker by the US.
Security

Israel unlikely to get out of quagmire of own making: Iran defense minister

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Iran’s Defense Minister Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani says the Israeli regime is stuck in a quagmire of its own making and is unlikely to get out of it.
Local

Iranians welcome back home newly-found bodies of soldiers killed in 1980s war with Iraq

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People have gathered in Iran’s border with Iraq in the city of Shalamcheh to welcome back home the bodies of soldiers from the 1980-1988 war with Iraq.
Middle East

Herzog in US a ‘palatable’ cover for Israeli violence against Palestinians: Jewish American groups

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog may not be an ally to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or an official part of the Israeli government, but as a representative of Israel, he is complicit in the occupation of and discrimination against Palestinians. This is the message from several progressive Jewish American groups to US politicians as Herzog visits Washington.
Security

Iran has no border issue with Azerbaijan, forces deployed to protect borders: Top military officer

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Iran’s top military commander, Major General Mohammad Baqeri, says Iran has no border issues with the Azerbaijan Republic, and that the military forces deployed to the border with that country are there to protect national territory.
Middle East

Protesters storm Swedish embassy in Iraq over Quran burning

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Demonstrators angered by the recent burning of a copy of the holy Quran in Sweden, stormed the Swedish embassy in central Baghdad, scaling the walls of the compound and setting it on fire.
Middle East

US blacklists over a dozen Iraqi banks in dollar smuggling crackdown: Report

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The US has banned 14 Iraqi banks from conducting dollar transactions as part of its crackdown on corruption and “dollar smuggling to Iran.”
Europe

Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 512: EU warns Russia pulling out of grain deal will create ‘huge food crisis’

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Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:
Religion

Iranians mark beginning of mourning month of Muharram 

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Iran marks the start of the month of Muharram during which Shia Muslims mourn the martyrdom of anniversary of the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the third Shia Imam, Hussein ibn Ali.
Sport

Female Iranian Weightlifters preparing for high-profile contests

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The camp of the Iranian Women's Weightlifting Team is underway in the capital Tehran.
Religion

Police arrest two women and a man for desecrating a religious site in Tehran 

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Iranian police have arrested a man and two women for insulting a religious site in district 6 of the capital Tehran.
Views

Expert: Iraqis refuse to pay their energy debt to Iran by shifting blame onto US

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Iranian foreign policy expert Seyyed Ali Hosseini says Iraqi officials are deliberately dragging their feet on the payment of their energy debt to Iran through hampering a mechanism that’s been created for this purpose.
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