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JCPOA, a confidence building measure: Pak analyst

JCPOA, a confidence building measure: Pak analyst

“You don’t have to wait for many years to see the fruits of it but certainly with a passage of time the relationship between the US and Iran which has always been a problem will definitely get better because both the countries can gain the confidence as a consequence of …

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Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on Jan 18

Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on Jan 18

**IRAN NEWS- JCPOA a great national achievement- FM sends 38-page letter to Majlis on JCPOA- European oil tankers return to Iran**IRAN DAILY- Nuclear deal debunked anti-Iran claims- Global ship insurers to resume near full coverage for Iran oil- Istanbul nightclub attacker captured**IRANIANS- JCPOA foiled plots against Iran- EU, UN stress …

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Zarif arrives in Switzerland

Zarif arrives in Switzerland

Zarif was welcomed by Iranian Charge d'affaires in Bern Mehdi Abedi.Foreign Minister Zarif is scheduled to deliver a speech at World Economic Forum meeting in Davos on Wednesday.The WEF meeting will last for four days at the presence of world's political and economic leaders in the Ski resort city of …

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Syrian minister: Tehran, Baghdad, Damascus to launch fiber optic

Syrian minister: Tehran, Baghdad, Damascus to launch fiber optic

Zafir made the remarks in a meeting with Iranian Communications and Information Technology Minister Mahmoud Vaezi in here on Tuesday.'Launching this project which has been considered since a time ago can broaden the trilateral cooperation,' he added.Al-Zafir also said that launching mobile phone's third operator in Syria is very important, …

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Iranian, Syrian deputy FMs stress importance of upcoming Astana meet

Iranian, Syrian deputy FMs stress importance of upcoming Astana meet

Hossein Jaberi Ansari and Faisal Mekdad met within the framework of meetings of Iran-Syria joint political meeting committees.The Syrian-Syrian talks with the aim of preparing the preliminaries for resolving the Syrian political crisis.Earlier on Tuesday, Syrian Prime Minister Imad Khamis said that Iran and Syria are in similar front against …

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Iran replies to S. Arabia invitation letter

Iran replies to S. Arabia invitation letter

Ghazi-Asgar further noted that if necessary conditions are prepared, all welcome organization of the upcoming Hajj pilgrimage.Referring to Saudi Arabia's letter of invitation to organize talks on Hajj 2017, Iran's letter, addressing Saudi Arabia Minister of Hajj, was submitted by Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Reza Salehi-Amiri.Qazi-Asgar hoped that …

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Iran, Russia discuss nuclear cooperation

Iran, Russia discuss nuclear cooperation

Deputy Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Behrouz Kamalvandi, and the head and deputy head of Rosatom company of Russia in separate meetings in Moscow on Tuesday discussed Iran-Russia cooperation in nuclear technology.Chief Executive Officer of Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev, and Kamalvandi on Tuesday reviewed diversified issues, including …

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Iran supports diplomatic initiative on Syria

Iran supports diplomatic initiative on Syria

In a meeting with Syrian Prime Minister Imad Khamis, Shamkhani said continued efforts to liberate the areas, occupied by terrorists, to restore security and peace in Syria and simultaneously pursuance of Syrian-Syrian talks to achieve a national consensus will help manage the ongoing crisis in the country.'Syrian enemies should not …

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Iran ready to boost cooperation with Africa: Spox

Iran ready to boost cooperation with Africa: Spox

Qasemi made the remarks in a meeting with Chief of the Ivory Coast News Agency (AIP), Oumou Barry Sana, who arrived in Tehran on Sunday to sign cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IRNA.Qasemi noted, 'Certainly one of the reasons behind low levels of ties is lack of acquaintance and …

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President : Iran no longer under sanctions

President : Iran no longer under sanctions

'Except for some banking problems, the Islamic Republic of Iran faces no international sanctions and the problems are mostly related to other issues,' President Rouhani said at a news conference on Tuesday.'Today we are free to have business with any country we like,' he said.'We no longer face sanctions,' the …

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