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Zarif urges regional states to strive for stability, peace

Zarif urges regional states to strive for stability, peace

Zarif told IRNA after a tripartite meeting with his Russian and Turkish counterparts on Syria crisis,'I think the helpful process designed in connection with the achievements of the Astana meeting for campaign against terrorism and for restoration of tranquility and stability in Syria, is followed up.'He said the Astana process …

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Quake toll soars to 437

Quake toll soars to 437

The Organization put total number of the victims in the quake-hit cities as follows: 387 in Sarpol-Zahab (two of the dead remaining unidentified), 14 in Karand, 16 in Qasr-e-Shirin, 12 in Salas, one in Kermanshah, one in Tazehabad and six in Ozgoleh. The report says DNA samples have been taken …

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Iran, Russia sign MoU for cultural heritage cooperation

Iran, Russia sign MoU for cultural heritage cooperation

Head of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Center of Iran Mohammad Beheshti was the signatory on Iran part and Michael Petrovsky, the Director-General of State Hermitage Museum, on Russia's part to the MoU, which calls for mutual cooperation in cultural heritage.Hermitage is a museum of art and culture in …

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Iran Speaker in Kermanshah to visit quake-hit areas

Iran Speaker in Kermanshah to visit quake-hit areas

Governor General of Kermanshah Houshang Bazvand, parliament deputies representing the city of Kermanshah, and a number of provincial officials were at the local airport to welcome the speaker.Larijani is in Kermanshah to receive firsthand account of the relief and rescue operations in the quake-stricken areas.Ministers of Petroleum Bijan Namdar Zangeneh …

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Zarif leaves for Turkey to attend trilateral meeting

Zarif leaves for Turkey to attend trilateral meeting

Zarif is scheduled to take part in trilateral meeting of guarantor states of ceasefire in Syria slated for tomorrow.Expert-level meeting of the trio was held in Tehran today while the leaders of the tree states will come together in Sochi on Wednesday. Representatives of Iran, Russia and Turkey as well …

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Confidential UN brief reveals no missiles sent to Houthis by Iran

Confidential UN brief reveals no missiles sent to Houthis by Iran

On November 10, a panel appointed by the UN Security Council sent a confidential letter to diplomats, which states that it has seen no proof of Saudi Arabia's claims that Iran was responsible for the recent missile attack by the Yemeni Houthi fighters targeting Riyadh, the US-based investigative website The …

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Iran: Total cannot quit South Pars Phase 11

Iran: Total cannot quit South Pars Phase 11

Noting that the agreement with the French oil giant is a valid one, Bijan Zangeneh said, 'We have legal valid contract with Total, CNPC and Petro Pars in which the circumstances under which the companies can step out of the contract has been made clear.' 'Total can withdraw from the …

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Over sixty artifacts identified in northwestern Iran

Over sixty artifacts identified in northwestern Iran

The Public Relations Office of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT) quoted Head of the project as saying in the course of salvaging program of Paygham Chai Dam in Kalibar, Kurgans were encountered which were similar to those previously discovered in Khoda Afarin region.According to the archaeologist, …

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UNESCO official urges harnessing power of science for peace, development

UNESCO official urges harnessing power of science for peace, development

UNESCO Tehran office Director i Esther Kuisch Laroche in a message on the occasion of the World Science Day for Peace and Development said that the international day 'offers the opportunity to mobilize all actors around the topic of science for peace and development.The full text of her message follows: …

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Iran finalizes financing Airbus, Boeing aircraft deals

Iran finalizes financing Airbus, Boeing aircraft deals

“The purchased planes will be delivered to Iran next year,” Asqar Fakhrieh Kashan said.Due to US President Donald Trump’s anti-Iran stance, financing aircraft has become a hot topic in media. A news agency has claimed that since government has not been able to reach agreement with international financers concerning finance, …

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