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Landmines Still Taking a Toll in Border Areas

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Iran is said to be the country with the second highest number of landmines in the world. Nearly 40 million mines were planted in the country during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). With the help of experts, more than 24 million mines have been detected and defused so far, but 16 million are still undetected, according to UN reports.
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Foreign Nationals Can Obtain Visas in 5 Days

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Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that visas will now be issued within 5 days for foreign nationals.
Urban

Funds Designated for Improving Public Transportation Quality

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As part of a one-year plan to tackle pollution in large cities, a 22-trillion-rial ($6.3 billion) fund has been allocated to upgrade the public transport fleet in metropolises like Tehran. The plan, which lays out the government’s one-year targets to battle air pollution, was approved last month and was recently communicated to the relevant bodies.
Media Wire

Tehran Municipality to Enhance Disability Services

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Tehran Municipality is attempting to ensure the inclusion of people with disabilities in the urban development of the capital.
Media Wire

Iran Licenses 2 Orbital Slots for Domestic Satellites

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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has reinstated Iran’s license on two orbital slots, the Deputy Head of the Iranian Space Agency said on Tuesday June 28.
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Americans Not Unhappy with Iran-Saudi Tension: Larijani

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Speaker of Iran’s Parliament Ali Larijani believes that the United States is not at all dissatisfied with an ongoing tension between Tehran and Riyadh.
Media Wire

Sanctions on Bank Melli in Hong Kong Lifted

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Deputy Governor for Currency Affairs at the Bank Melli of Iran (BMI) announced that sanctions on BMI Hong Kong Branch had been lifted since June 24 and the branch will soon resume its activities there.
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Iran Condemns Suicide Attack in Lebanon

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi strongly denounced the recent terrorist blasts in Lebanon, which killed and wounded several civilians.
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Leader Appoints General Bagheri as New Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces

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In a decree on Tuesday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei appointed Major General Mohammad Baqeri as the new Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces.
Selected

Iran’s Larijani Highlights Importance of Int’l Quds Day

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Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani underlined the importance of International Quds Day rallies, saying that massive presence of Muslims in the upcoming demonstrations across the world will display their “strong will” to help resolve the problems facing the Palestinian nation.
Middle East

Turkey-Israel Rapprochement Good for Regional Stability: Turkish Ambassador

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The Turkish Ambassador to Tehran believes that a détente between Turkey and Israel regime is profitable for stability throughout the region.
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KRG Urges Opposition Groups to Stop Using Kurdish Territories against Iran

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In a statement, the Kurdish Regional Government urged opposition groups and the Kurdistan Workers Party to stop using Kurdish territories for launching attacks on Iran.
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10 Days, Still No News of Iranian Fishermen Apprehended by Saudi Arabia

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Three Iranian fishermen were arrested by Saudi military vessels for illegal border crossing on June 15, and have not been heard of since.
Transportation

Flight Delayed over Security Concerns

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An Iranian airline delayed a flight from Tehran to Mashhad on Tuesday morning after a suspicious object in the plane raised security concerns.
Media Wire

Legal Chief: US Human Rights Claims Weakened by Bahrain and Yemen Actions

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Washington's support for the suppression of the Bahraini nation and war on Yemen revealed its lies about advocacy of human rights, Iran's Judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani claimed on Tuesday June 28.
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Government Permits Private Sector to Issue Participation Bonds

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President Hassan Rouhani said that issuing participation bonds by large private companies is a realizable goal, and promised to expedite the required arrangements.
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A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on June 28

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IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 22 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Media Wire

140,000 New Jobs in Tourism by March 2018: CHTHO Chief

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Iran will create some 140,000 job opportunities in the field of tourism by the end of the next Iranian calendar year (March 2018), the head of the Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicraft Organization (CHTHO), Masoud Soltanifar, announced.
Media Wire

Chabahar Port: Indian Firms to Invest $235m

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The Managing Director of the Ports and Maritime Organization said that the capacity of Chabahar port will increase from 2 million tons to 8 million tons after an investment of $235m from Indian firms.
Security

11 Terrorists Killed by IRGC in Northwest Iran

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Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) forces have destroyed an 11-member gang of terrorists tied to an anti-Iran Kurdish terror outfit.
Media Wire

Bushehr Power Plant Contracts Upcoming: Rusatom

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Rusatom Service, part of Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom, announced that it expects to sign a 4-year contract with Tehran on the construction of two more energy blocks at Iran’s southern Bushehr nuclear power plant by the end of this year.
Media Wire

Golestan’s Green Paradise

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Golestan province, located in northern Iran on the coastlines of the Caspian Sea, has a verdant, beautiful environment and pleasant weather, which make it...
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More than 40 Killed in Yemen Suicide Attacks

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At least 42 people, mostly soldiers and one child, were killed when attackers launched four suicide car bombings at security targets in a major Yemeni city.
Media Wire

President of France’s National Assembly Due in Iran in July

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Claude Bartolone, the President of the National Assembly of France, plans to pay a 4-day visit to Tehran in mid-July, an adviser to Iran’s parliament speaker announced on Monday June 27.
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“US Human Rights Conditions in 2015” Published in Iran

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To mark the “Day of Revealing American Human Rights” in Iran, the Iranian Judiciary’s Human Rights Council released a book on the human rights conditions of the US within the past year, an official announced.
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