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Middle East

Turkish base in northern Iraq comes under rocket attacks

IFP Media Wire - February 1, 2023

Unidentified attackers fired eight rockets at a Turkish military base in northern Iraq on Wednesday, the Counter-Terrorism Group, a security organisation in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, has announced.

Middle East

Saudi Arabia overtakes India as world’s fastest growing major economy

IFP Media Wire - February 1, 2023

Saudi Arabia has topped India as the fastest growing major economy in the world, with its non-oil sector growing at the fastest rate in more than one year.

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Iran President says riots, sanctions two sides of same coin

IFP Media Wire - February 1, 2023

President Ebrahim Raisi has said Iran's enemies plotted the recent riots across the country out of outrage at the failure of their sanctions in impeding Tehran's progress in different fields.

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Tehran Univ. professor: Does Ukraine want to experience Iran missile power?

IFP Editorial Staff - January 31, 2023

Following the recent comments by a Ukranian presidential advisor about the drone attack on a military facility in central Iran, Tehran University Professor Mohammad Marandi says it seems that Ukraine was involved in the “shambolic” Israeli drone attack in Isfahan, asking does it seek to experience the power of Iranian weapons?

Int'l Relations

Iran warns US against triggering war

IFP Media Wire - January 31, 2023

Iran's Permanent Mission to the UN has warned that American military action against Tehran would risk starting an open-ended war. There has been speculation surrounding Washington’s possible involvement in a recent failed drone strike on an Iranian military workshop in Isfahan.

Middle East

Russia says decided to involve Iran in discussions among Moscow, Ankara and Damascus

IFP Media Wire - January 31, 2023

There is a principle agreement to engage Iran in the trilateral discussions among Russia, Turkey and Syria over the situation in the Middle Eastern Arab country, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.

Asia

Pakistan says Iran has asked for $18bn in compensation over gas pipeline project

IFP Media Wire - January 31, 2023

Tehran has asked Islamabad to construct a portion of the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gasline project on its territory till February-March 2024, or be ready to pay a penalty of $18 billion, a Pakistani official has said.

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Ayatollah Khamenei pays tribute to late Imam Khomeini

IFP Media Wire - January 31, 2023

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on the eve of the 44th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, paid tribute to the founder of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini.

Europe

Ukraine responds to Iran over failed drone strike

IFP Media Wire - January 31, 2023

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has accused Tehran of “supporting aggression”, claiming that the reported blast at a military industrial facility in Isfahan was “legitimate punishment.”

Europe

Ukraine admits cannot defend against Iranian ballistic missiles

IFP Media Wire - January 31, 2023

Should Russia obtain Iranian ballistic missiles for use in its war in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Air Force has warned that it does not have the means to defend against them.

Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 342

IFP Media Wire - January 31, 2023

Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine on February 24 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:

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