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Environment

Heavy dust storm, winds turn the sky gray in Iran’s Ahvaz

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Heavy dust storms and abrupt winds have hit the southern Iranian city of Ahvaz, causing difficulties for the general public.
Economy

Iran, Russia sign 4 cooperation documents

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Iran and Russia have signed four cooperation documents, including a Strategic Roadmap for the Development of Bilateral Relations.
Local

Raisi administration official speaks of ‘golden opportunities’ in medicinal herb industry

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The caretaker director of the Iranian Vice Presidency for Science and Technology says there are “golden opportunities” for Iran in the medicinal herb industry.
Politics

Iran minister of industry, mine, and trade survives impeachment

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Iranian minister of industry, mine, and trade, Reza Fatemi Amin, has survived an impeachment vote at the Parliament.
Foreign Policy

Raisi: Iran, Armenia set to increase value of bilateral trade to $3bn

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President Ebrahim Raisi says Iran’s economic ties with Armenia have witnessed a 43-percent growth over the past months, and that the two neighbors have set a goal to increase the value of their trade to $3 billion.
Europe

Western officials claim Tehran preparing to send weapons to Russia, Iran denies

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Despite Iran’s earlier denial, officials from a western country told CNN on Tuesday that Tehran is preparing to send approximately 1,000 additional weapons, including surface-to-surface short range ballistic missiles and more drones, to Russia to use in its war against Ukraine.
Healthcare

Covid in Iran: Over 120 patients in critical condition

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The death toll from the Coronavirus in Iran reached 144,580 on Tuesday, according to official figures. More than 120 patients are in intensive care units nationwide.
Middle East

Report: Saudi courts hand down death sentences to 15 political dissidents

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An international human rights organization has confirmed that Saudi Arabia’s courts have sentenced more than a dozen anti-Riyadh activists to death following “unfair trials and based on confessions coerced through torture and ill-treatment.”
Judiciary

Iran wants speedy trial of General Soleimani’s assassins

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Iran’s Judiciary Chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei has called on Iraq to accelerate the process of trial of the perpetrators of the assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani outside the Iraqi capital Baghdad nearly three years ago.
Europe

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree not to use force to settle Karabakh dispute

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Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan have agreed not to use force to settle their disputes over the Nagorno-Karabkh region. It comes following a tripartite meeting hosted by Russia in the coastal city of Sochi.
Foreign Policy

Iran sanctions some US real, legal persons for “rights violation, interference in Iran’s domestic affairs”

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The foreign ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran has imposed sanctions on some American real and legal persons for “committing acts against human rights, interfering in the internal affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran and provoking violence and disorder in Iran,” among others.
Middle East

Israelis vote in fifth election in less than four years, strong coalition unlikely

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Israelis are back at the polls to vote in parliamentary elections for the fifth time in just three and a half years, with the race expected to be close between supporters of opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponents.
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 251

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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:
Security

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says arrested seven involved in Shiraz terrorist attack

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Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says it has identified and arrested seven individuals who had been involved in the terrorist attack in Shah Cheragh Shrine in Shiraz.
Healthcare

Covid kills 5 more patients in Iran after a day without death

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The death toll from the Coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 144,576 with five more patients killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's health ministry confirmed on Monday. A day earlier, Iran experienced zero deaths from the deadly disease.
Foreign Policy

Armenian prime minister due in Tehran on Tuesday

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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will travel to the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Tuesday, when he is due to meet with President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran.
Environment

Iranian official confirms presence of methane over Tehran landfill

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An Iranian official has confirmed the presence of methane over a landfill in southern Tehran, saying the landfill should be relocated promptly, but has questioned a NASA reading that said a plume of the gas at the site was 4.8 kilometers long.
Healthcare

Flu now an epidemic in Iran: Health official

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An Iranian health official says cases of infection with seasonal influenza have increased significantly in Iran, and the disease is now considered an epidemic.
Parliament

Iran MP doesn’t rule out Evin prison incident may have been meant to kill former president’s son

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A member of the Iranian Parliament has not ruled out the possibility that a recent brawl and fire at the Evin Prison in Tehran may have been meant to provide an opportunity to kill Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s imprisoned son.
Europe

Germany says supports EU sanctions on Iran over recent unrest

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A German government spokesperson said on Monday that Berlin welcomes and supports further sanctions by the European Union against Tehran over what it calls violent crackdown by Iranian security forces against demonstrators.
Middle East

Officials say US mulling reduction of Saudi military aid over oil dispute

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The White House is considering rolling back military aid to Saudi Arabia as a punishment for the decision by OPEC+, which is de facto led by Riyadh, to reduce oil production, US officials have told the news network NBC.
Security

Iran arrests two linked to deadly shooting in Shiraz

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Iran’s Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib announced that a second suspect was arrested on Sunday night over ties to the deadly shooting at the Shah Cheragh Shrine in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, which left 13 dead and dozens wounded.
Foreign Policy

Iran foreign ministry spokesman: Possible German sanctions on IRGC illegal

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Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman has described as irresponsible the recent comments by German officials on the possibility of imposing sanctions on the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
Sport

Iranian paper blasts govt. for losing economic opportunities offered by Qatar World Cup

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Iran’s Etelaat newspaper has strongly criticized officials for their handling of the situation ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Views

Russia suspended grain deal to force West to sit at negotiating table: Analyst

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has pulled the plug on a UN-brokered grain deal aimed at easing the global food crisis amid the conflict in Ukraine, in order to force the United States and the European Union to sit at the negotiating table with Russia over the war, an Iranian analyst and former diplomat says.
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