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Tehran, Baghdad to Increase Bilateral Trade Value to $20bn

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran and Baghdad are determined to raise the value of their bilateral trade to $20 billion per year, from the current $12 billion.
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Iraqi President in Tehran to Hold Talks with Iranian Officials

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Iraqi President Barham Salih has arrived in Iran on his first official visit to the country since assuming office last month.
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‘CIA Concludes Bin Salman Ordered Killing of Khashoggi’

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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has finally concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month, contradicting the Saudi government’s claims that he was not involved in the killing.
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Gaza Truce Signals Palestinians Altered Balance of Power: Iran

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A military advisor to Iran’s Leader says the recent wave of clashes between Gazans and Israeli forces, which ended with the two sides agreeing to an Egypt-brokered ceasefire, is a signal that the Palestinians have managed to tilt the balance of power to their favour.
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Iran to Give Indirect, Painful Response to Saudis: IRGC Chief

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The Saudi regime is very angry with the moves of the Islamic Republic in the region as they have led to the awakening of the regional people, Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said Thursday, speaking to reporters in the city of Qazvin.
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Iran to Host Some 2022 World Cup Teams If FIFA Agrees: Qatar

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A Qatari official says some of the teams participating in the FIFA World Cup 2022 may be accommodated in Iran’s Kish Island as the Arab country lacks enough accommodation facilities to host all the guests.
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Iran Condemns Israeli Attack on TV Station in Gaza

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has strongly denounced the recent Israeli airstrikes on the headquarters of Al-Aqsa TV station in central Gaza.
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Israel Razes to Ground Hamas TV Channel’s HQ in Gaza

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The headquarters of Al-Aqsa TV station run by the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas was razed to the ground on Monday in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza amid a fresh round of violence in the besieged enclave, which the world blames on the Israeli forces.
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Iran Knew about Saudi Plot to Kill Gen. Soleimani: FM

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Iran knew about Saudi Arabia’s plans to assassinate senior Iranian officials, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tells London-based al-Araby al-Jadeed.
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Israel Epitome of State Terrorism in Mideast: Iran

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has censured the latest attacks launched by Israelis on Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, saying such crimes prove that the Israeli regime is the epitome of state terrorism in the region.
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Iranian Diplomat, Syria President Discuss Latest Developments

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Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a special assistant to Iran’s foreign minister, has held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during his visit to Damascus on Monday.
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Saudi-led Coalition Intensifies Attacks to Impede Yemen Talks: Iran

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has lashed out at the Saudi-led coalition for intensifying its attacks on the Yemeni civilians, particularly in the port city of Hudaydah, saying the attacks are aimed at blocking the Yemeni-Yemeni talks.
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ISESCO Annual Summit Underway in Iran’s Shiraz

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The city of Shiraz in southern Iran is hosting the annual meeting of the Islamic, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO), where the secretaries of member states’ national commissions discuss broader cooperation in science and technology.
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NY Times Reveals Saudi Plan to Assassinate Gen. Soleimani

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Saudi Major General Ahmed al-Assiri, who has allegedly been fired over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, took part at a meeting in Riyadh in 2017 that involved plans to assassinate the kingdom’s “determined enemy,” Iran’s Major General Qassem Soleimani, as well as sabotaging Iran’s economy, The New York Times reports, citing three sources familiar with the matter.
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Iran Condemns Terrorist Attack in Iraq’s Mosul

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has condemned the recent deadly car bombing in the Iraqi city of Mosul.
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Trump’s Iran Strategy Dictated by Saudi Arabia, Israel: Expert

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A senior political analyst says the hostile policies adopted by US President Donald Trump against Iran are all dictated by Riyadh and Tel Aviv.
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Iran Praises Guardian Correspondent’s Courage, Warns of Risks He Faces

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Iran says it is in contact with UK authorities over possible risks threatening the life of The Guardian’s Iranian correspondent who revealed on Friday his secret phone call with Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and information he received might have led to the dissident’s murder in Istanbul.
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Khashoggi Killed for Disclosing Saudi Funding of Anti-Iran TV Channel

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Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed on October 2 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, might have lost his life for disclosing Riyadh’s funding of an anti-Iran6 UK-based TV channel, the British daily Guardian suggests.
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Iran, Russia Vow to Maintain Support for Syrian Forces

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Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, Ali Shamkhani says Tehran and Moscow will continue to strengthen the Syrian armed forces in the fight against terrorism within the framework of the existing coalition.
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Iran Dismisses Reports of Phone Call with Saudi FM

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has rejected allegations of a “secret” phone call between Iran and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, saying that no such call has been made.
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US Sanctions on Iran to Further Destabilize Mideast: Syria

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The Syrian government has condemned the re-imposition of US sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, warning that the move can lead to further instability in the Middle East.
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Tehran Blames Riyadh for Abduction of Iranian Border Guards

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The spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) blamed the Saudi regime for the recent abduction of Iranian border guards near the Pakistani border and said last year, about 50 attacks to kidnap the country’s border guards were foiled.
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Iran Slams Bahrain for Handing Life Sentence to Opposition Leader

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has condemned the life sentences handed by Bahrain’s Court of Appeal to Sheikh Ali Salman, the leader of the kingdom’s main opposition party Al-Wefaq, and two other anti-regime activists.
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Tehran Slams Ankara for Refusing to Refuel Iranian Aircraft

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Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation has expressed its protest at a Turkish company’s unilateral decision to refrain from providing fuel for Iranian passenger planes at Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport.
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Iran FM Due in Turkey to Attend D-8 Ministerial Summit

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is set to leave Tehran for Turkey today to attend a ministerial meeting of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation.
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