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Security

“Killers of Iran’s pro-government Sunni cleric linked to an Arab country”  

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Iranian Intelligence officials say those who assassinated a pro-government Sunni Muslim cleric in the country’s Sistan and Balouchestan Province are linked to an Arab country.
Science and Technology

Iran and Russia to expand technological ties, send astronaut to space

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Iran and Russia have signed an agreement to expand their cooperation in designing and making measuring and telecommunications satellites and to jointly develop related infrastructure.
Asia

Bomb blast kills 3, injures several in Pakistan border area

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A roadside bomb targetting security forces killed three people and wounded more than a dozen in Pakistan’s northwest near the Afghan border on Wednesday, police confirmed.
Healthcare

Iran reports coronavirus zero deaths for forth consecutive day

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The Iranian Health Ministry figures on Wednesday showed that the Coronavirus had killed nobody in the past 24 hours in the country. It's the fourth day in a row that the death toll from the deadly disease remains unchanged.
Nuclear

Iran nuclear chief says IAEA officials to visit Tehran in coming days

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Iran’s nuclear chief says officials of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will visit Tehran in the coming days, adding this will hopefully help both sides take a step forward to remove existing obstacles to cooperation.
Judiciary

Iranian convict granted stay of execution 

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An Iranian man who was previously sentenced to death by a court over the recent protests and deadly riots in Iran, has been granted a stay of execution.
Parliament

Iranian MPs rap France’s “meddlesome polices”

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Around two hundreds of Iranian lawmakers have condemned France for "frequent instances of interference in the domestic affairs of the Islamic Republic under the guise of defending human rights, despite the European country’s own dark history of human rights abuses."
Sport

Iranian freestyle wrestler among world’s top 5

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Iranian athlete Kamran Ghasempour's name is mentioned in the list of the top five freestyle wrestlers in the 2022 Freestyle Wrestling World Cup.
Environment

Air pollution inflicting losses worth up to $11bn in Iran: MP

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The head of the Iranian Parliament’s Environment Faction says air pollution inflicts damages worth between 7 to 11 billion dollars on the country each year.
Europe

EU Parliament sacks VP over corruption scandal

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The European Parliament has voted to dismiss its vice president over claims that she took bribes from an unnamed Persian Gulf country.
Local

Detained Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi not in bad health: Report

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A report says Mir-Hossein Mousavi, an Iranian reformist leader who has been held under house arrest for 11 years, has visited a medical center for an “ordinary examination” due to a chronic middle ear issue.
Middle East

Yemeni official blames UN inaction for Saudi crimes in Yemen

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A Yemeni official has denounced the United Nations inaction on Saudi Arabia’s crimes in Yemen, saying the world body only talks about statistics and does not take any steps to tackle the humanitarian crisis in the war-ravaged country.
Foreign Policy

Iran FM says Tehran seeks diplomacy over nuclear deal

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The Iranian foreign minister says Tehran sees diplomacy as the best path towards the revival of the Iran nuclear deal, JCPOA, and the lifting of anti-Tehran sanctions.
Local

Iran’s Leader calls on officials to swiftly punish thugs behind Sunni cleric’s murder

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has offered condolences to the people of Sistan and Baluchestan Province on the martyrdom of a senior Sunni cleric by terrorists, calling on officials to quickly bring those behind the assassination to justice.
Europe

Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 294: Blasts hit Kyiv, emergency services dispatched

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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:
Human Rights

Son of Iranian national detained in Sweden says all contact cut with his father

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The son of Hamid Nouri, an Iranian national who has been held in jail and sentenced to life in prison in Sweden for alleged rights violations in Iran, says Stockholm has cut all contact between his father and his family.
Security

“Arrests over murder of pro-establishment Sunni cleric in Iran’s sistan and Balouchestan”

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Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says those behind the assassination of a Sunni Muslim cleric in the country’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan have been arrested.
Foreign Policy

President Raisi says China’s stance over Iranian Persian Gulf islands annoying

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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has told visiting Chinese vice premier that Beijing’s recent stance on some issues related to the Islamic Republic’s territorial integrity during the visit of China’s president to the Persian Gulf region annoyed the Iranian people and government.
Foreign Policy

China says respects Iran’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, after hostile statement with GCC

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China’s Vice Premier Hu Chunhua says his country respects Iran’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, days after Chinese President Xi Jinping and a number of Arab leaders issued a statement with aggressive rhetoric against Iran.
Healthcare

Iran Covid: No deaths for third straight day

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The death toll from the Coronavirus pandemic in Iran stayed unchanged at 144,658 with zero deaths for the third consecutive day, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Tuesday.
Views

Iran can’t blame Saudi Arabia, China for recent anti-Tehran statement: Commentator

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A political commentator says Iran can’t blame China or Saudi Arabia for a recent joint statement by Arab counties and China that included aggressive anti-Iran rhetoric because those countries are pursuing their own interests.
Human Rights

Iran rights body rejects anti-women accusations

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The High Council for Human Rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran has issued a statement in reaction to a “meddlesome communique” by foreign ministers of the US and its allies, condemning “unfounded allegations” against Tehran on the rights of Iranian women.
Security

Iran defense minister says Ukraine provided no proof of Russian use of Iranian drones

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Iranian Minister of Defense Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani has said that Kiev has offered no documents for what it claims to be Russia’s use of Iranian military equipment, specifically Tehran-made drones, in the Ukraine war.
Security

IRGC Navy chief: Enemies will seize Iran’s Persian Gulf islands ‘over our dead bodies’

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The chief commander of the Navy of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says extra-regional countries will seize Iran’s three Persian Gulf islands, to which Arab regimes lay claim, only over the dead body of the country’s Armed Forces.
Foreign Policy

Iran sanctions dozens of EU, UK individuals, entities

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The Iranian Foreign Ministry has imposed fresh round of sanctions on several European Union (EU) and British officials and institutions for “their support for and instigation of riots in the country.”
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