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Iranian athletes snatch 50 colorful medals in South Korea

Iranian athletes snatch 50 colorful medals in South Korea

The 25th championship World Taekwondo Hanmadang was attended by 1,145 male and female Taekwondo athletes from 54 countries. In a relevant development, Iranian Wushu fighters received five gold and 2 silver medals in Eurasia martial arts competitions held in Georgia.Iran squad with three Sanda and three Taolu fighters participated in …

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Official: Al-Aqsa mosque incident ignites new intifada

Official: Al-Aqsa mosque incident ignites new intifada

Amir Abdollahian said in a meeting with the Secretary General for Islamic Jihad Ramadan Abdullah in Lebanon on Tuesday.The incident once again draw the attention of public opinion in the Islamic world to Qods and Al-Aqsa mosque which is a political and religious issue, he said. Zionist regime requires normalizing …

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Iran, Afghanistan, India deem Chabahar Port as significant

Iran, Afghanistan, India deem Chabahar Port as significant

The Head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry's Educational and International Research Center Mohammad-Kazem Sajjadpour, Head of Afghan Strategic Studies Center Davood Moradian, and Head of the Indian Defense Ministry's Defense Studies Center Jayant Perasad attended the meeting.They said studies should be conducted to put the goal into operation. Sajjadpour said …

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Time needed for oil swap resumption in north oil terminal

Time needed for oil swap resumption in north oil terminal

Zangeneh made the remarks in an interview with reporters on the sidelines of a ceremony to inaugurate Damghan-Sari gas piple-line.He said swap has been made possible during tenure of the 11th government and all facilities and conditions have been possible by the Islamic Republic of Iran.He went on to say …

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Qasemi dismisses Saudis' unreal anti-Iran claims

Qasemi dismisses Saudis' unreal anti-Iran claims

'The visas for Saudi delegates to visit diplomatic centers were issued one month ago,' Qasemi said on Tuesday.He told IRNA that Saudis' claim were wrong and unreal, adding, 'It seems that possibly the claims were raised without any coordination with the relevant informed officials of the Saudi Foreign Ministry.'He went …

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UN urges promoting friendship to confront violence

UN urges promoting friendship to confront violence

'Our world is facing many challenges, crises and forces of division — such as poverty, violence, and human rights abuses — among many others — that undermine peace, security, development and social harmony among the world's peoples,' UNIC said in a press release on the occasion of International Friendship Day …

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Iran cautions OIC on Zionists' empty gestures, illusive mirage

Iran cautions OIC on Zionists' empty gestures, illusive mirage

'We should not be misled by their empty gestures and the illusive mirage of their promises,' Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday, addressing the Extraordinary Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on the recent development in Al-Aqsa Mosque held in Istanbul.'We need to engage with …

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Shahid Khaqan Abbasi elected as Pakistan PM

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi elected as Pakistan PM

He has been elected to the office having secured 221 votes out of a total house membership of 342.Pakistani parliament had to go for the election after the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from the Supreme Court in Panama Papers case. Soon after the development the PML-N parliamentary …

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Total agreement approved: Government spokesman

Total agreement approved: Government spokesman

'According to the petroleum act, the reference who is qualified to give opinion on oil agreements is the supreme committee of monitoring oil resources,' Iran's government spokesman Mohammadd Baqer Nobakht added in his last press conference in the 11th government's term of office.Iran’s National Oil Company (NIOC) on July 3 …

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