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Middle East

Turkey wants Iraq to designate PKK a ‘terrorist’ entity: Foreign minister

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Turkey expects the Iraqi government to officially recognize the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK, as a “terrorist” organization, mirroring Ankara and its Western allies, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has stated.
Parliament

Iranian MP: 300 SUVs given to lawmakers in ‘criminal, fraudulent’ move

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After several months, an Iranian parliamentarian still insists that some lawmakers at Iran’s parliament has received luxury SUVs in a ‘criminal and fraudulent’ process outside the legal framework, but has revised the number of the cars received from about 70 to 300.
Europe

Wagner boss among passengers of crashed jet

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Private Military Company, was listed on board a jet that crashed with no survivors, authorities have confirmed on Wednesday.
Local

Former IRGC commander: Many policies against Islamic ideology

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A former top Iranian commander with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has brushed aside the idea that ideological issues have been given precedence over national interests in Iran.
Middle East

Turkey closes strait to battle forest fire; hundreds evacuated

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Turkey on Wednesday shut the busy Dardanelle Strait for a second day to help firefighters fill up with water and douse flames near the tourist town of Canakkale. Nine villages and more than 1,200 people have been evacuated as wildfires, raging in Greece, spread to neighbouring Turkey.
Science and Technology

Iran to launch 2 or 3 satellites by March 2024: Defense chief

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Iranian Minister of Defense Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani has announced that the country plans to launch two or three satellites by the end of the current Iranian calendar year, which begins on March 21, 2024.
Cinema

Prominent Iranian filmmaker Ebrahim Golestan dies at 101

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Top Iranian filmmaker Ebrahim Taghavi Shirazi, known as Ebrahim Golestan, passed away late on Tuesday away from home in England at the age of 101.
Europe

Russian governor confirms 3 killed in Ukrainian drone attack

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A Ukrainian drone raid has killed three people in Russia’s Belgorod Region, dropping an explosive device on a recreational facility, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov confirmed on Wednesday.
Middle East

There are “still ways to travel” before Israel-Saudi deal: White House

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White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan has said in a briefing with reporters that "there are still ways to travel" to get a mega-deal with Riyadh that could include a normalization agreement between the Kingdom and Israel.
Judiciary

Iranian court issues final verdicts over murder of security guard Ajamian

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An Iranian court has handed down prison sentences to the remaining defendants in the case of a security guard who was murdered during the riots and protests last year near the capital, Tehran.
Foreign Policy

Malaysia says will never recognize US sanctions against Iran

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Malaysian Foreign Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir has expressed Kuala Lumpur’s opposition to Washington's sanctions on Tehran, saying his country will never recognize the embargoes.
Foreign Policy

Resistance groups victories source of pride for Muslim nations: Iran Leader’s aide

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Ali Akbar Velayati, who advises Iran's Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on international affairs, felicitates senior resistance officials on the occasion of the regional resistance movement's recent victories. The senior aide considered the victories to be a source of pride for the Muslim world.
Middle East

Turkey police launch shadow campaign to deport immigrants and refugees

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Turkey has set up a silent campaign to reduce the number of refugees and migrants within its borders, including Syrians.
Foreign Policy

US-Iran prisoner exchange agreement ‘on track’: White House

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White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has stated that a prisoner swap deal between the United States and Iran is “on track”, less than two weeks after Tehran moved five detained US citizens to house arrest.
Energy

“Iran Oil ministry increases output, completes projects”

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Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji has said increasing investment, completing semi-finished oil projects, and boosting oil, gas volume, refining and rising petrochemical outputs have been the most important measures taken by his ministry since two years ago when the administration of President Ebrahim Raisi assumed office.
Europe

Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 546: Putin says West attempts to maintain hegemony key cause of Ukraine war

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Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022 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:
Europe

De-Dollarization irreversible process: Putin

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The US dollar is losing its global role in an “objective and irreversible” process, Russian President Vladimir Putin told participants at the BRICS Summit in South Africa on Tuesday. He spoke via videolink, after choosing not to attend the event in person.
Cinema

“Several Iranian actresses banned from acting”

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The director general of the Supervision Department of Iran’s Cinematic Organization announced that a group of famous Iranian actresses have been banned for removing their hijab, or Islamic veil.
Foreign Policy

Iranian president welcomes interaction with all, warns against any aggression 

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says Iran wants interaction with all countries and it warmly welcomes any overture for friendship and cooperation.
Middle East

Iraq, Turkey discuss joint relations in oil and energy fields

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Iraq's oil minister and his Turkish counterpart have discussed joint cooperation in the oil and energy sectors at a meeting in Ankara, according to a statement from the Iraqi oil ministry on Tuesday.
Middle East

‘Deep concern’ at social media company X partnering with Israeli verification firm

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Campaigners have raised the alarm over reports that verification for premium users of Twitter (renamed X by owner Elon Musk) will be carried out by an Israel-based firm founded by former Israeli intelligence officials.
Security

Iran unveils advanced homemade drone, with enhanced flight range and duration

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Iran has unveiled an advanced homemade drone that can fly for up to 24 hours non-stop at an altitude of 7,000 meters and has an operational radius of 2,000 kilometers.
Middle East

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian teen in WB

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Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager on Tuesday morning in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials have confirmed.
Foreign Policy

Moscow considers Tehran strategic partner: Russian army commander

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Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army's Ground Forces General Oleg Salyukov told his Iranian counterpart Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari that Moscow regards Tehran as one of the key countries in West Asia and a strategic partner.
Foreign Policy

Egypt says to fully restore ties with Iran

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Egypt is ready to resume full diplomatic ties with Iran after over four decades without the need for mediators but wants the efforts to patch up ties to remain behind the scenes, a ranking Egyptian official says.
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