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IRGC chief: Iran, Pakistan can eliminate terrorists from border via joint efforts

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The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran and neighboring Pakistan will eventually eliminate the terrorist elements destabilizing the areas near their borders through joint cooperation.
Foreign Policy

Former Iran ambassador to Moscow: Tehran must take Russia’s use of fake name for Persian Gulf seriously

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Iran’s former ambassador to Moscow says Russia’s recent stance on the Persian Gulf’s name is a new development that must be taken seriously.
Security

Iran’s top military commander meets with Pakistan’s Army chief

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Major General Mohammad Baqeri, the chief of staff of Iran’s Armed Forces, has met with Pakistan’s Army Chief General Asim Munir.
Persian Gulf

US plans to send F-16 jets to Persian Gulf

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A senior US defence official has confirmed that Washington is deploying additional fighter jets around the strategic Strait of Hormuz "to protect ships from Iranian seizures". The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iranian naval forces have so far seized 35 ships for violating maritime laws in the waters off the Persian Gulf.
Foreign Policy

Beijing’s envoy: China backs Iran’s bid to join BRICS

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China’s ambassador to Iran says his country supports the Islamic Republic’s bid to join the BRICS group of emerging economies.
Local

Iran’s Leader offers condolences to Hezbollah chief over demise of Muslim scholar

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has extended his condolences to the Hezbollah Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah over the passing of a religious authority and Shia scholar from Lebanon.
Security

Iran very sensitive to claims about three Persian Gulf islands: Army commander

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Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, the commander-in-chief of Iran’s Army, says the country is very sensitive to claims made about its three islands in the Persian Gulf, to which the United Arab Emirates lays claims.
Foreign Policy

Raisi says goal of Africa tour was ‘to strengthen Iran’s strategic depth’

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the goal of his tour of African countries was “to strengthen the Islamic Republic’s strategic depth.”
Foreign Policy

Iran rejects claims in NATO summit communique

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Iran’s Embassy in Brussels has rejected claims made against Tehran in the final communique of the summit of NATO heads of state and government in Lithuania.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s Raisi says West putting independent countries under pressure

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says Western countries use a raft of measures to put independent states under pressure.
Local

Iran daily: Govt. must revise ties with Russia after ‘betrayal’

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An Iranian daily lashes out the government for what it describes as failure to show a befitting reaction to Russia’s “back-stabbing,” after Moscow supported a territorial claim by the United Arab Emirates to the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.
Security

Terrorist arrested in Iran’s Sistan and Balouchestan Province

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Iranian security forces arrest a member of the so-called Jaish al-Adl terrorist group before carrying out a terror attack.
Foreign Policy

Advisor to Iran Leader says Russia’s support of Arab states’ claim about Iranian islands shows “naiveté”  

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A senior advisor to Iran’s leader has said it was naïve of Russia to fall into the trap of the GCC regarding the three islands of the Lesser Tunb, the Greater Tunb and Abu Mousa, which are an integral part of Iran.
Foreign Policy

Iranian MP says Russia “made a mistake” over Persian Gulf islands

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An Iranian lawmaker says Russia made a mistake in signing a statement of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council that questioned Iran’s sovereignty on the three islands of the Lesser Tunb, the Greater Tunb and Abu Mousa in the Persian Gulf.
Foreign Policy

In Kenya, Iranian president calls for better ties with African nations

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who is on a state visit to Kenya, says the Islamic Republic welcomes the enhancement of relations with all African countries.
Foreign Policy

Russian envoy to Tehran summoned to Iran Foreign Ministry over stance on Persian Gulf islands

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The Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador to Tehran, Alexey Dedov, following the issuance of a joint statement by Russia and the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council that supported the United Arab Emirates’ claims to three Iranian islands of Abu Musa, the Greater Tunb, and the Lesser Tunb in the Persian Gulf.
Foreign Policy

Kenyan president welcomes Iran’s Raisi

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Kenyan President William Ruto has officially welcomed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi at the presidential palace in Nairobi.
Nuclear

US intelligence assessment says Iran not developing nuclear bombs

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A US intelligence assessment has refuted claims by the US government and some of its allies that Iran is pursing atomic bombs in its nuclear program, reaffirming its peaceful nature.
Foreign Policy

President Raisi says Iran-Uzbekistan relations can be further improved

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said that Iran and Uzbekistan have an "acceptable" level of relations which can be further improved given mutual capacities.
Security

Top Iran military commander wars operation against terrorists could continue in northern Iraq

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Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces General Mohammad Bagheri says if the Iraqi government does not fulfill its commitments to deal with terrorist groups based in northern Iraq by the coming September, the Islamic Republic will once again carry out operations against the groups.
Security

IRGC foils US attempt to help fuel smugglers in Persian Gulf 

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A commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says the IRGC’s naval forces have seized a foreign oil tanker carrying one million liters of smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf.
Foreign Policy

President Raisi congratulates Uzbekistan’s Mirziyoyev on reelection

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has congratulated his Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev on his re-election as the Central Asian country’s president. Uzbekistan election body announced on Monday that Mirziyoyev was re-elected with more than 87% of the votes on Sunday.
Local

Lawyer: Iranian woman activist Fatemeh Hassan released on bail 

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A lawyer for Iranian political activist Fatemeh Hassani says she has been released on bail.
Foreign Policy

Iran says US court decision over damages to Alinejad “banditry”

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The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says a US federal court ruling that Iran should pay millions of dollars to a US-based opposition figure, is a kind of “banditry” on the part of America, totally rejecting it.
Local

Funeral procession held for security forces killed in Zahedan attack

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A funeral procession was held in Zahedan in southeast Iran on Sunday for two security forces killed in a terrorist attack on a police station in the city a day earlier.
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