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“Riyadh Stepping Up Crackdown on Shiites in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain”

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A former Iranian diplomat says Riyadh is intensifying its crackdown on Shiite Muslims both in Saudi Arabia and in Bahrain as they have started mourning the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Muhammad.
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Turkey Calls for Establishment of Joint Bank with Iran

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A Turkish business official says Iran and Turkey could move to create a joint bank to facilitate economic cooperation, saying it would help the two countries achieve a $30 billion target for bilateral trade.
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Iran Congratulates Iraq on Election of New Parliament Speaker

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has congratulated the Iraqi nation and parliament on election of Mohammed as the new speaker of the Iraqi parliament.
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Basra Youths Symbolically Clean Iran’s Burned Consulate

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A group of Iraqi youths from the southern city of Basra have symbolically cleaned up the damages inflicted by a group of attackers on the former building of Iran’s consulate in the city to show the depth of the friendship and brotherhood between the two nations.
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Iranian, French Diplomats Discuss Syria Crisis in Paris

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Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior assistant to Iran’s foreign minister in political affairs, has held talks with François Sénémaud, the personal representative of the French president for Syrian affairs.
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Iraq’s Top Cleric Opposed to Premiership of Former Officials

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Iraq’s top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani is reportedly opposed to the candidacy of former Iraqi officials for the post of prime minister, according to a source.
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Attack on Terrorists in Iraqi Kurdistan Sends Message to Iran’s Enemies: IRGC

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The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the recent retaliatory missile strike against the terrorists based in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region sends a “meaningful” message to the enemies, who imagine they can bully us.
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Iran, Europe Hold Talks on Yemen, Syria Crises in Brussels

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A senior Iranian official has discussed the latest developments in the Middle East, particularly the ongoing crises in Yemen and Syria, with top European diplomats.
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Iran Rejects Arab Quartet Committee’s “Groundless” Accusations

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has rejected as baseless the anti-Iran accusations raised in the final statement of the Arab Quartet’s ministerial meeting.
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Iran Blames US Policies for Attack on Its Basra Consulate

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Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has categorically condemned a White House statement that blamed Iran for the recent unrest in Iraq’s Basra, saying the arson attack on the Iranian consulate in the Iraqi city was a result of US support for extremists.
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Iran’s New Consulate in Iraq’s Basra Opens after Attack on Previous One

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Iran opened a new consulate in Iraq’s southern city of Basra a few days after the old diplomatic mission was torched in a mob attack.
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Iran, Turkey, Russia Discuss Formation of Syria Constitutional Committee

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Four days after the meeting of the presidents of the three guarantor states of the Astana process in Tehran, diplomats from Iran, Russia, and Turkey held a meeting on the formation of Syria’s constitutional constitution in Geneva, Switzerland.
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‘KRG Officials Repeatedly Warned before Iran’s Missile Strikes’

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Iran’s military chief says officials of the Kurdistan Regional Government had been repeatedly warned before the IRGC launched missile strikes against anti-Iran elements in the region, warning Iran will have to repeat the strikes if terrorists continue to stage plots inside Iran.
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Iranian Diplomat in Geneva for New Round of Syria Talks

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Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior assistant to the Iranian foreign minister, is in the Swiss city of Geneva to hold joint talks with his Russian and Turkish counterparts on the Syria peace process.
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Attack on Terrorists in Iraqi Kurdistan Retaliatory, Pre-emptive: Iran

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the Islamic Republic’s recent attacks on terrorists’ positions in the Iraqi Kurdistan were both retaliatory and pre-emptive.
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Tehran Can’t Confirm 14 Iranians Tried to Illegally Enter Bahrain

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Iran says it cannot confirm the claim that 14 Iranians have been trying to enter Bahrain using fake passports before being arrested, saying that the Bahraini government has so far provided Iran with no evidence.
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Iran Says Ready to Help Syria in Fight against US

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An Iranian military advisor says if the Syrian government and nation want to confront the United States in eastern Euphrates and ask Iran for help, Tehran is ready to support the Arab country in this confrontation.
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IRGC Confirms Missile Attack on Terrorists’ Positions in Iraqi Kurdistan

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Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has confirmed it has conducted missile strikes against terrorist groups in the Iraqi Kurdistan, saying it meant to punish the groups that in recent years have intensified their anti-Iran operations.
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Iran Foiled US’ Plots in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Leader Says

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Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran’s resistance has foiled plots hatched by the world arrogance against the region, and that was manifested in the US defeats in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.
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Int’l Anti-Israel Art Festival “Hourglass” Wraps Up in Tehran

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The anti-Israel art festival Hourglass was wrapped up in a recent ceremony in Tehran, awarding winners of the competition focused on annihilation of the Israeli regime.
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Several Anti-Iran Kurdish Militants Killed by Rockets ‘Fired from Iran’: Report

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Several rockets, said to have been fired from the Iranian territory, hit the headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDP-I) and the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) on Saturday, killing at least 14 and wounding dozens of others from the anti-Iran terrorist groups, Kurdish media reported.
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Riyadh, Tel Aviv Likely behind Attack on Iran’s Consulate in Iraq: US Analyst

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A former US army psychological warfare officer said a recent attack on Iran’s consulate in the city of Basra in Iraq is an attempt to cause a rift between Iran and Iraq, adding that it was most likely carried out by provocateurs paid by mercenary agents from Riyadh and Tel Aviv.
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Iran Thanks China for Lending Helping Hand to Anti-Terror Drive in Syria

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Iran’s Defence Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami has thanked China for joining hands with Iran to support the Syrian government, saying Beijing’s cooperation has been highly effective in forcing a defeat to terrorists operating in the country.
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“Iran Never Exports Missile to Any Country”

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An Iranian lawmaker has rejected “baseless” media reports on Iran’s missile exports to regional states, saying the Islamic Republic has never transferred any missile to any part of the world so far.
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Iran Raps Attack on Its Basra Consulate, Summons Iraqi Envoy

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has strongly denounced a brutal attack on the country’s consulate in the city of Basra in southern Iraq, saying that the Iraqi envoy to Tehran has been summoned to receive Tehran’s strong protest.
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