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UN arms embargo on Iran lifted despite US objections
Despite objections from the United States, a decade-long US arms embargo on Iran under its nuclear deal with world powers prevented it from purchasing foreign weapons such as tanks and fighter jets. …
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The lifting of Iran's arms embargo was a great achievement: Vaezi
TEHRAN - Presidential Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi has said sanctions on Iran's arms imports and exports will be lifted’ next week, calling the development a "major achievement" for Ira…
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The FBI says it has not reached a conclusion on the Beirut bombing
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Tuesday that a bomb blast near the port of Beirut on August 4 had killed at least 200 people and caused billions of dollars in damage, but no final conc…
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Agreement between Iran and Iraq to release stranded energy payments
Iran has a trade deal with Iraq that will allow it to access funds stranded in Baghdad due to US sanctions, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency's official news agency. The head of…
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Kim Kardashian donates $1 million to the Armenia Fund
Amid the ongoing conflict in the country, Kim Kardashian has donated $ 10 million to the Armenian Fund. The Kardashian star and businesswoman shared the news in an Instagram video on Saturday. …
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Iran's capital is to extend its mask mandate beyond the capital
On Sunday, the health minister said Iran had made it mandatory for people in other major cities to wear the mask after imposing it in Tehran to prevent the spread of nuclear diseases. On Saturd…
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The Israeli minister says Israel will oppose the sale of any US F-35 to Qatar
Israel will oppose any US sale of F-35 fighter jets to Qatar, Israel's intelligence minister said Sunday, referring to the need to maintain Israeli military supremacy in the region. Intelli…
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US hopes to impose new sanctions on Iran's financial sector: Source
A Republican aide briefed on the issue, saying the United States was preparing to impose fresh sanctions on Iran's financial industry on Thursday, as Washington visited Tehran on Saturday, a week…
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Iran fears regional war as fighting rages around Nagorno-Karabakh
The Iranian president warned on Wednesday that fighting between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces in the South Caucasus could lead to a regional war as the death toll from the 11th hostilities rose. …
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Saudi Arabia eased restrictions on the virus and the pilgrims returned to Mecca with ease
Thousands of people in white robes in Mecca on Sunday served a few thousand people after Saudi Arabia lifted several months of coronavirus sanctions. The state took a rare step in early Mar…
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Israeli tourism minister resigns over Netanyahu protests
Israel's tourism minister resigned from the illegitimate government on Friday, saying he did not have an ounce of confidence in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that he had addressed his p…
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US Department of State 'angry' over Baghdad rocket attack
The State Department on Tuesday "expressed outrage" at the death of five civilians in a rocket attack in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Monday. The State Department on Tuesday called on I…
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Turkey supports Azerbaijan's fight for 'occupied territories': Erdogan's aides
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's top press aide is "fully prepared" to help Azerbaijan recapture its separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh ahead of a UN Security Council debate on …
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The former Lebanese FM, the president's son-in-law, has the coronavirus
On Sunday, his office said the son-in-law of former Lebanese Foreign Minister and President Michel Aoun had tested positive for the corona virus. A statement from his office said, "Gibran …
