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Iranian president holds telephone conversation with Qatari emir

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has called for efforts by Iran and Qatar to further expand their relations.
Security

Iran’s police chief visits Russia

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The commander of the Iranian law enforcement has arrived in Moscow at the head of a delegation.
Middle East

Turkish lira sinks to all-time low

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The Turkish lira was trading flat on Tuesday, remaining at a record low against the US dollar. It comes after Turkey’s central bank stopped using forex reserves to maintain the exchange rate of the national currency.
Americas

Trump heard discussing sensitive Iran document in audio recording: Report

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Media outlets have released an audio recording in which former US President Donald Trump purportedly boasts about having a classified document during a 2021 meeting. The ex-president was seemingly talking about holding a secret Pentagon document with plans to attack Iran, citing then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley.
Incidents

Tehran police reject serial killing scenario in murder of women

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The head of the intelligence department of Tehran police force has ruled out speculations about the murder of two young women in the capital as being serial killings.
Asia

China’s FM touts Beijing and Moscow as a force for “global peace”

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Beijing and Moscow are "an important force in ensuring global peace and in promoting inclusive development," Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said in a video address Tuesday, according to Russian state news agency TASS.
Religion

Iran Leader says Hajj rituals can thwart plots of arrogant powers, Zionists against humanity

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has stressed the annual Hajj rituals can foil all the plots of the arrogant powers and the Zionists against humanity.
Int'l Relations

UN says US treatment of Guantanamo prisoners ‘inhuman and degrading’

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The United Nations has announced that the US government's treatment of the Guantanamo Bay inmates was cruel, inhuman and degrading under international law, calling Washington to apologise and provide reparations to the detainees.
Security

Iranian border guard killed in clashes with terrorists

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An Iranian border guard was killed in clashes with terror groups in a border area in Saravan, Sistan and Baluchestan Province near Pakistan.
Middle East

Israel OKs plans to build thousands of new homes in WB

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Israel’s far-right government has approved plans to build thousands of new homes in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian officials have decried the move as part of an “open war against the Palestinian people”.
Incidents

Dust storms in Iran’s southeast send more than 1,000 to hospitals

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Officials say dust storms in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan have forced more than 1,000 people of the Sistan region to refer to hospitals and health centers.
Europe

Putin says Wagner fighters can sign up with defense ministry or move to Belarus

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday thanked the Wagner Group fighters who made the "right decision" and halted their advance. He stated that those fighters would have the "opportunity to continue serving Russia by entering into a contract with the Ministry of Defense or other law enforcement agencies, or to return to your family and friends. Whoever wants to, can go to Belarus."
Europe

Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 489: Zelensky says Ukrainian forces advancing ‘in all directions’

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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

EU imposes sanctions on 7 Iranians over “rights violations”

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The European Council has announced it would add seven individuals in Iran to the EU's sanctions list over "human rights violations".
Europe

Wagner boss defends march on Russian capital in first comments since “aborted mutiny”

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Yevgeny Prigozhin the head of the Russian private army, Wagner, has released the first audio statement since an aborted "armed rebellion" he staged on Saturday. He stated that his fighters marched on Russian capital Moscow because of quote injustice.
Europe

Russia’s ruble drops to 15-month low

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The Russian ruble sank nearly 3% at the start of trade on Monday as markets had their first chance to react to the aborted mutiny by the Wagner group over the weekend.
Foreign Policy

Official: Iranian president talks with Russian counterpart, Armenian PM, supports Moscow

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The political deputy of the Iranian presidency says President Ebrahim Raisi has held separate telephone conversations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, voicing Tehran's support for the Kremlin in the recent mutiny.
Europe

Raisi expresses support for Putin over Wagner insurrection: Kremlin

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday held a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi who expressed support for the actions of the Russian leadership in connection with recent events involving the Wagner Group private military company, the Kremlin announced.
Europe

Wagner boss remains under FSB investigation despite Kremlin promise: Report

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The leader of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, remains under investigation by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) on suspicion of organising an armed mutiny, Russian state news agency TASS said Monday, citing a source close to the Prosecutor General's Office. The Kremlin had announced that the criminal charges were expected to be dropped in exchange for Wagner forces’ return to camps and Prigozhin’s move to Belarus.
Nuclear

Foreign Ministry: Iran serious about continuation of nuclear talks, obtaining results

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The spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry says the Islamic Republic is serious about the negotiations for the removal of sanctions, revival of the 2015 nuclear deal and achieving results in the talks.
Asia

China throws support behind Russia after Wagner insurrection

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China has voiced support for Russia after a short-lived insurrection posed the gravest challenge to the 23-year rule of President Vladimir Putin of Russia, a close partner of Chinese leader Xi Jinping in his push “for a new world order and strategic alignment against the US.”
Europe

US says expected “a lot more bloodshed” in Russia following Wagner insurrection

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As the picture became more clear to US intelligence analysts that Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was about to mobilize his troops inside Russia, the expectation was that his march toward Moscow would encounter much more resistance and be “a great deal more violent and bloody.”
Incidents

Dozens injured in marketplace fire in northwest Iran

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The number of the injured from the fire incident at a marketplace in the northwestern Iranian city of Naghadeh has risen to 35.
Foreign Policy

Iran FM says Tehran-Baku able to solve existing problems

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The Iranian foreign minister says Tehran and Baku are able to resolve the remaining problems in bilateral ties and return the relations back on the right track.
Americas

Blinken defends Biden on labeling China’s Xi a “dictator”

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has backed President Joe Biden’s remarks calling Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator, saying the American leader “speaks for all of us.”
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