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Iran, Uzbekistan trying to activate air links

Iran, Uzbekistan trying to activate air links

'Uzbek First Deputy Prime Minister Achilbay Ramatov emphasized the activation of air transport which is directly related to tourism and issuing visa; we need to facilitate the path,' said Akhoundi who is in Tashkent.He said that people of Iran know a lot about Uzbek cities, like Tashkent, Termez, Samarkand, and …

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Assad: No Iranian military force in Syria

Assad: No Iranian military force in Syria

“We do not have Iranian troops. We never had, and you cannot hide it. We were no ashamed to say that we have. Like we invited the Russians, we could have invited the Iranians,” Assad told Russia Today on Wednesday 'We have Iranian officers who work with the Syrian Army …

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Assad: Trump's insult not change anything in Syria

Assad: Trump's insult not change anything in Syria

'This is not my language, so I cannot use similar language. This is his language; it represents him,' al-Assad told Russian Today in interview on Wednesday.Trump has called his Syrian counterpart 'Animal Assad.' 'There is a very known principle that what you see is what you are,' al-Assad continued.He also …

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UN not effective anymore: Iran deputy justice minister

UN not effective anymore: Iran deputy justice minister

'What effective measure has the UN taken against the war crimes, and massacre of innocent women and children and the victims of terrorism?' asked Mahmoud Abbasi on the sidelines of the conference, according to a report from the Ministry of Justice.Abbasi said, 'The World will never forget the former UN …

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Emirati pro-democracy activist to spend 10 years in jail

Emirati pro-democracy activist to spend 10 years in jail

Ahmed Mansoor and five other activists demanded democracy in Emirates in 2011, during the Arab Spring.In the early hours of March 20, 2017, a dozen of Emirati security forces stormed his home in Ajman and arrested him. WAM, the UAE’s official news agency claimed Mansoor had been detained for using …

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Iran, Pakistan keen on free trade agreement (FTA)

Iran, Pakistan keen on free trade agreement (FTA)

At the last meeting, both countries had decided to carry out further deliberations in order to complete all annexes of the FTA agreement by June 2018, which would complete the technical process of final FTA for consequential approval by the respective governments.In this connection, the ministry has invited request for …

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Pak MP seeks govt’s stance on Iran-related policy

Pak MP seeks govt’s stance on Iran-related policy

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari said: The Pakistani government should share its stance on this important matter. “Is Pakistan going to follow the UN sanctions as most countries are following or we are going to accept US sanctions against Iran which have no basis in the international law,” she …

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Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on May 31

Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on May 31

** FINANCIAL TRIBUNE- Deadline for Total to get US sanctions exemptions - Need for Iranian producers to form consortiums - Surging dollar pressures some emerging economies ** IRAN DAILY- Iran sets sanctions waiver deadline for oil giant Total- Russia: US seeking ‘total confrontation’ with Iran by dropping JCPOA- China slams …

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Yemen shoots down Saudi-led military coalition spy drone

Yemen shoots down Saudi-led military coalition spy drone

The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) quoted Almasirah as reporting late Wednesday that the air defense of the Yemeni army and popular committees downed the drone in Asir region, south of Saudi Arabia.Earlier on April 30, the air defense of the army and popular committees had shot down another spy …

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Supreme Leader: Persian poems always full of wisdom, ethics

Supreme Leader: Persian poems always full of wisdom, ethics

'This feature and characteristic of Persian poems should be outstanding and brilliant today,' Ayatollah Khamenei said in a meeting with a group of poets and literati on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Imam Hassan Mojtaba (AS), the second Shia imam.Lauding young Iranian poets for their progress in choosing …

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