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Iran FM urges boosting economic ties with Senegal

Iran FM urges boosting economic ties with Senegal

Zarif arrived in Senegal on Monday morning on the first leg of his tour of Africa and the South America.He told reporters that in his visits that a large delegation of public and private sectors is accompanying him focus will be on promotion of bilateral economic ties with the four …

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Cambodian director Panh to receive FIff36 Peace Award

Cambodian director Panh to receive FIff36 Peace Award

Panh is co-producer of documentary film ‘First They Killed My Father’ (2017) by Angelina Jolie, which focuses on the aftermath of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. It was selected as the Cambodian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the 90th Academy Awards, fajriff.com reported.Fajr Peace Award …

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Lebanese president: Killing JCPOA to have no practical effect

Lebanese president: Killing JCPOA to have no practical effect

Aoun made the remarks Sunday in an interview with a French media.The political tension between Iran and the US dates back to many years ago but no one intends to start war, he said in response to a question on possibility of US walking away from the nuclear deal known …

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Iran to observe EU medical equipment standards

Iran to observe EU medical equipment standards

Reza Massaeli, advisor to Iran's minister of health told IRNA that the regulation has been announced to the manufacturers and all of them are obliged to comply with the EU standards from now on.This calendar year (beginning on March 21) will bring about a profound development for the quality control …

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Saudi air strike kills 13 civilians in SW Yemen

Saudi air strike kills 13 civilians in SW Yemen

According to Yemeni media, Saudi jet fighters bombarded a house in Demneh Khadir and killed 12 people.In an attack on Taiz, Saudi fighters killed a civilian and injured 4 others.Saudi Arabia and its regional allies attacked Yemen in March 2015 to bring back to power the deposed president of Yemen …

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Iran non-oil exports rise to $47bn

Iran non-oil exports rise to $47bn

According to a report released by the Customs Administration, the value of non-oil commodities exported by Iran in the 12-month period to March 20, 2018 stood at 46.931 billion dollars while the figure was 44.42 billion dollars in the year before.Exports of petrochemical products and gas condensate last year dropped …

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UNSC expected to meet Monday on Syria chemical attack

UNSC expected to meet Monday on Syria chemical attack

“UK, France, US, Poland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Kuwait, Peru and Cote d’Ivoire have called for an emergency meeting of UNSC to discuss reports of chemical weapons attack in Syria. Meeting expected on Monday,” the British mission to the United Nations tweeted, Reuters reported. A joint statement by the medical relief …

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ICC prosecutor says crimes in Gaza will be probed

ICC prosecutor says crimes in Gaza will be probed

Following the deaths of 29 Palestinians in protest clashes with Israeli forces in the past two weeks, Fatou Bensouda said in a statement “Any new alleged crime committed in the context of the situation in Palestine may be subjected to my Office’s scrutiny”.The ICC prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation into …

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Iran FM: Tehran always ready to help settle Yemen crisis

Iran FM: Tehran always ready to help settle Yemen crisis

In an interview with BBC’s Arabic service, he added that Iran has from the beginning of Yemeni crisis urged dialogue with Saudi Arabia to help solve the country’s plight but the Saudis opposed the proposal.“I wrote a letter to former Saudi foreign minister Saud Al-Faysal at the beginning of the …

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Tabriz to host world sitting volleyball teams

Tabriz to host world sitting volleyball teams

The world sitting volleyball team is being held every two years, representative of World ParaVolley [World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD)], Hadi Rezaei said.The first round of women sitting volleyball league was held in China last year, he said.He went on to say that the US, Ukraine, Germany, Russia, Bosnia …

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