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Six Arrested after Attack on Iran’s Embassy in Denmark

IFP Media Wire -
Danish police have arrested six people who had earlier scaled the walls of the Iranian Embassy in Copenhagen, in an attack that elicited a strong protest from Tehran.
Local

Iran’s Leader Calls for All-Out Rescue Efforts after Plasco Building Collapse

IFP Media Wire -
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei expressed deep sorrow over the collapse of an old building in downtown Tehran in the wake of a massive fire, stressing that all efforts should be focused on rescuing those trapped under the debris.
Crisis

Iran FM slams global indifference toward Rohingya sufferings

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Iran has criticized the international community for turning a blind eye to the plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, urging the Muslim world to unite in support of the persecuted minority.
IFP Exclusive

Mayor: All Citizens Evacuated from Plasco Building before Its Collapse

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The Mayor of Tehran Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says all ordinary citizens and shop owners had been evacuated from the blazing Plasco building in central Tehran before its total collapse. Qalibaf asked people not to pay attention to rumours.
IFP Exclusive

Iran’s President Orders Minister to Pursue Plasco Building Collapse

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged Interior Minister to immediately pursue the disastrous collapse of Plasco shopping centre in Tehran, which has killed dozens of firefighters so far.
IFP Exclusive

Birthday Cake for Iran Nuclear Deal (Cartoon)

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The implementation of a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers started on January 16, 2016. Now in its first anniversary, the agreement is under severe pressure of Iranian and international hardliners.
Foreign Policy

Iran and Saudi Arabia Can Cooperate to End Mideast Crises: FM Zarif

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Iran and Saudi Arabia can work together to help end regional conflicts, but Riyadh needs to see the realities on the ground before relations between the two countries could go back to normal, the Iranian foreign minister says.
Editor's Choice

Stories behind a Gun Used for Assassinaton

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It was recently claimed that the late ex-president Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani had collaborated in assassinating a former Iranian Prime Minister in the 1960s. But what was the real story?
IFP Exclusive

Rouhani’s Gov’t Overexcited by Airbus Plane Arrival: Conservative Journalist

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The extreme happiness of a number of Iranian statesmen over receiving only one Airbus plane is both surprising and ridiculous, said a senior Iranian conservative journalist.
Foreign Policy

Iran Has Yet to Make Any Contact with Trump’s Administration: FM

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said there have been no contacts between Iran and the new US administration that will be sworn in on Friday.
Media Wire

Iran’s Air Defence Foiled US F-18 Attemp to Free Sailors Last Year

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The Lieutenant Commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base, referring to the January 2016 arrest of US sailors by Iran in the Persian Gulf, said the air defense base’s warning alerts forced the enemy fighter jets attempting to save the sailors to back off.
Foreign Policy

Aleppo Victory Major Step towards Syria Peace: Iran’s President

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has hailed the liberation of Syria’s strategic northwestern city of Aleppo as a major step towards stability in the Arab state, saying the gain prevented the Middle East from having to face an uncertain future.
Foreign Policy

US Not Invited to Astana Talks on Syria: Iran’s Top Security Official

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Iran, Russia and Turkey have not sent any “joint invitation” to the US for taking part in the upcoming conflict resolution talks on Syria in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Foreign Policy

Iran Not to Lose Anything If Trump Scraps Nuclear Deal

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Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi says the Islamic Republic won’t lose anything in case the US President-elect scraps the nuclear deal as he has vowed to.
IFP Exclusive

A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on January 18

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IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 29 them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Foreign Policy

Top Security Official Voices Iran’s Support for Political Initiatives on Syria

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A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic supports political initiatives on Syria, which seek to address the real demands of the Syrian people and preserve the war-stricken country’s territorial integrity and independence.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s FM Arrives in Switzerland to Attend World Economic Forum

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Zurich, Switzerland, on Tuesday night to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.
Foreign Policy

Iran Opposed to US Presence in Astana Talks on Syria: FM Zarif

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif voiced the country’s opposition to participation of Washington in the Syria peace talks planned to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, next week.
Foreign Policy

Tehran-Damascus Coordination Key to Syria Victories: Iran’s VP

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Iran’s First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri says the victories earned on the battlefields in Syria are the result of coordination between the Arab country and the Islamic Republic as well as other important factors.
Foreign Policy

Iran Ready to Help Saudi Arabia in Regional Affairs: President Rouhani

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Iranian President says Tehran is prepared to help Riyadh resolve its regional problems, particularly the crisis in Yemen, if Saudis make correct decisions.
Foreign Policy

Trump Doesn’t Know Nuclear Deal Is in His Favour: Iran’s President

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani referred to the US President-elect Donald Trump’s opposition to the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, and stressed that JCPOA is a win-win deal that benefits all sides, including the US.
IFP Exclusive

Iranian Parliament Votes for Increased Bandwidth

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The Iranian Parliament authorized the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology to increase the country’s bandwidth by 30 terabytes per second during the Sixth Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2016-21).
Editor's Choice

President Rouhani Urged to Answer 12 Questions in Today’s Presser

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The leading conservative newspaper Kayhan has called on President Hassan Rouhani to answer 12 questions in his Tuesday press conference.
Foreign Policy

Iran Signs 5 Documents of Cooperation with Syria

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In a meeting attended by Iran’s first vice-president and Syria’s prime minister in Tehran, Tehran and Damascus inked five cooperation documents in economic areas on Tuesday.
IFP Coverage

Offices of Rafsanjani’s Advisors ‘Naturally’ Sealed after His Demise

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An official says the recent sealing of the offices of a number of advisors to the late Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, former chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council, was “a bureaucratic and natural measure which will be revoked soon.”
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