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Cement production exceeds 24m tons in 5 months

Cement production exceeds 24m tons in 5 months

Head of the Guild Association of the Cement Industry Employers Mohammad Atabak told IRNA on Friday that in the corresponding period last year, 23.841 million tons of cement was produced.He said in the Iranian month of Mordad, (July 23-August 22), more than 5,179,000 tons of cement was produced, while the …

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UN Chief calls for human rights promotion

UN Chief calls for human rights promotion

Guterres made the call in a message, a copy of which was made available to IRNA on Friday by the UN Information Center (UNIC) Tehran office. The full text of the message, that was issued on the International Day of Peace, is as follows: 'This year we mark International Day …

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Army, IRGC launch joint air maneuver South Iran

Army, IRGC launch joint air maneuver South Iran

Deputy Commander of the Army for Publication and Public Relations Affairs Colonel Yousef Safipour told reporters on the sidelines of the maneuver that the wargame is on the occasion of the Sacred Defense Week (September 21-27).He said the maneuver is the second such a joint maneuver, aiming raising combat readiness.He …

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Iran exports to US up 37.8% in 5 months

Iran exports to US up 37.8% in 5 months

The Customs Administration data table, pointing to the US as the major destination of Iranian goods, said in the period under study, 1,487 tons of goods, showing 60.8 percent growth, were exported to the US.It said the Iran-US trade balance proved positive in Iran's favor, while the figure for the …

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2019, an important year for Tehran-Tokyo ties: Japanese official

2019, an important year for Tehran-Tokyo ties: Japanese official

'Regarding global and regional changes, the year 2019 will be a very important year for development of the Iran-Japan relations,' said Komano in a meeting with Iran's Ambassador to Japan Morteza Rahmani Movahed.He made the remarks while referring to the coincidence of the 90th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations …

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Iranian female volleyball team stuns Australia in AVC Cup

Iranian female volleyball team stuns Australia in AVC Cup

Iran emerged victorious over Australia three to one in the match.The Iranian team will face the Philippines and South Korea on Saturday.The 2018 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup will be over on Sunday.1420**1771Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish برچسب ها ورزش Iran Volleyball Australia www.irna.ir

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Iran participates in Pyongyang Intl. Film Festival

Iran participates in Pyongyang Intl. Film Festival

Korea Times wrote on Friday that tens of films from Iran, Russia and China will be on screen in the festival.There will be competitions for long feature, documentary, short and animated films, special screenings, information screenings and film exchange meetings during the festival.The 10-day festival, which pursues the ideals of …

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Iran's Speaker: Followers of all religions living in peace in Iran

Iran's Speaker: Followers of all religions living in peace in Iran

The message was read out to the participants in the Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) World Congress in Beirut on Thursday by Yonathan Betkolia, representative of Assyrian and Chaldean Christians in Iran's Parliament and the AUA secretary-general.The AUA Congress (September 20-22) opened in Beirut on Thursday with messages by Iran's President …

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Moscow:Al-Nusra supplying armed groups with chemical weapons

Moscow:Al-Nusra supplying armed groups with chemical weapons

RT website quoted the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying that Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organization is transporting chemical weapons including sarin gas for armed groups in Syria, SANA reported.Commenting on the Russian warplane’s fall in the Mediterranean, Zakharova said that the Israeli pilots acted “unprofessionally, to say the …

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Yemen targets positions of Saudi troops with missiles

Yemen targets positions of Saudi troops with missiles

The Yemeni army artillery units also pounded Saudi troops positions in Najran and Jizan with artillery shells.The army and popular committees of Yemen also attacked positions of Saudi troops over heights in Jizan, killing and wounding a number of them.Saudi Arabia and a number of its regional allies launched a …

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