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Environment

Water level in Lake Urmia has improved after recent rainfalls

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With a 50 percent increase in rainfalls in the catchment area of the receding Lake Urmia in Iran’s northwest compared to last year and the release of the water rights from upstream dams, the lake is in better condition now.
Cultural Heritage

Iran seeking to reclaim artifacts looted from Jiroft

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Iran is seeking to get back the ancient artifacts stolen over two decades ago from the country’s southeastern city of Jiroft and illegally smuggled out of the country.
Americas

Senate Democrats urge ‘bold’ US push on Palestinian state

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More than a third of the US Senate's Democrats have called on the administration of President Joe Biden to take "bold" action toward establishing a Palestinian state, in the latest pushback against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Culture

Nowruz commemorated at United Nations

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Envoys and diplomats from Iran and eleven other countries held a ceremony on Wednesday to mark the Persian New Year, Nowruz, at the United Nations with the president of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in attendance.
Middle East

Hamas: Israel intensifying civilian attacks to get concessions in truce talks

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Hamas official Osama Hamdan has cautioned Israel continues to target civilian areas in the Gaza Strip to strengthen its hand in truce talks
Americas

US imposes fresh sanctions against Iran over its missile, nuclear programs

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The United States Treasury Department has introduced a new round of sanctions targeting Iran's ballistic missile and nuclear programs.
Asia

Afghanistan tops list of world’s unhappiest country: Report

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Finland remained the world's happiest country for a seventh straight year in an annual UN sponsored World Happiness Report. Afghanistan, plagued by a humanitarian catastrophe since the Taliban regained control in 2020, stayed at the bottom of the 143 countries surveyed.
Middle East

Over half of Gaza’s population on brink of famine: World Bank

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The World Bank has warned that more than half the population of Gaza is on the brink of famine, including children and the elderly as Israel keeps blocking humanitarian aid to the enclave.
Middle East

Rights groups urge EU to suspend trade agreement with Israel over Gaza war

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More than 200 civil society organizations called on the European Union to suspend the EU-Israel trade agreement without delay due to Israel’s bloody war on the Gaza Strip and the violation of basic human rights.
Foreign Policy

Axis of Resistance has foiled US schemes in West Asia: Iran Leader

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised the anti-Israel military operations by resistance factions in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq. He stressed that the Axis of Resistance has demonstrated its potential and effectively disrupted the US strategic calculations in West Asia
Science and Technology

Vice-president: Iran’s knowledge-based exports increase by 200%

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Iranian Vice-President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy says the country’s exports of knowledge-based products have increased by 200% over the past year.
Middle East

Hamas leader: Israel sabotaging truce negotiations

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Tel Aviv is seeking to sabotage ceasefire talks underway in Qatar by targeting police officers and government agencies in the Gaza Strip, the chief of Hamas's political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh has stated.
Transportation

Holidaymakers flock to cities across Iran during Nowruz

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With the advent of the Iranian New Year on Wednesday, holidaymakers across Iran travel to other cities to visit their families and relatives, or find a resort to chillax after a year of hard work, or just zip across the four corners of the country.
Europe

Russia warns French troops in Ukraine “legitimate priority target”

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Russia's foreign intelligence (SVR) top brass said London is preparing to send 2,000 forces to Ukraine. Sergey Naryshkin added any French military unit sent to Ukraine to help it fight Russia would be a "priority" target for the Russian Army.
Middle East

UK public spent millions in missile costs for Yemen war: Report

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The United Kingdom has reportedly poured millions into protecting Israeli ships in the Red Sea since the conflict between Israel and Palestine first began in October, with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak becoming ninth prime minister to use the RAF to bomb Yemen.
Custom

Iranians celebrate New Year in Hafezieh in Shiraz

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Iranians gathered on Wednesday in the tomb of the 14th century poet Hafez, better known as Hafezieh, in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz to celebrate the advent of Nowruz, or the Persian New Year.
Middle East

Growing number of Gaza infants on the verge of death due to lack of food: WHO

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The World Health Organization has issued another stark warning about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip as a WHO spokesperson warned a growing number of infants there are on the “brink of death” from acute hunger.
Sport

AFC releases poster to mark Iranian New Year, Nowruz

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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has congratulated Nowruz, the Persian New Year, by releasing a poster of a few high-profile athletes of the country.
Religion

Large number of Iranians mark New Year in holy shrines

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A massive number of pilgrims were in Imam Reza’s holy shrine, the eighth Shia imam, in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad at 06:36 local time (03:06 GMT) on Wednesday to celebrate the start of the Persian New Year, 1403.
Middle East

Canada to stop arms sales to Israel

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The Canadian government will halt future arms exports to Israel, even though the motion approved by the House of Commons, is not legally binding, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has stated.
Foreign Policy

Iran president urges action to stop Gaza genocide by Israel

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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has called for serious practical steps to cease Israel’s raids on the Gaza Strip in his New Year message to Asian countries celebrating Nowruz.
Middle East

UN human rights chief warns Israel may use starvation as ‘method of war’ in Gaza

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Israel could use starvation as a "method of war" in the besieged Gaza Strip by obstructing the entry of humanitarian assistance to the enclave, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tuerk has stated.
Americas

Former US generals slam Biden admin. for Afghanistan withdrawal

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The two top US generals who oversaw the evacuation of Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban in August 2021 blamed the administration of President Joe Biden for the chaotic departure, telling American lawmakers that it inadequately planned for the evacuation and did not order it in time.
Middle East

Israeli PM defies Biden on military operation in Gaza’s Rafah

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to call off a major ground offensive against the southern tip of the Gaza Strip, shrugging off a US warning that the operation will kill more civilians and worsen a humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave.
Europe

NATO forces active in Ukraine: Report

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Active and former military personnel from NATO countries have long been operating in Ukraine, overseeing Kiev’s use of West-supplied weapons, El Pais has reported.
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