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PanARMENIAN.Net - The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) could welcome Iran as a new member in May, according to Russia’s Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak, RT reports. “The move to enter into a temporary agreement making for a free trade zone to be set up between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union, which
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The runways of Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport were dug out from under 70 centimeters (more than two feet) of snow, letting flights resume on Sunday morning. A member of IKIA’s board of directors told Tasnim that the flights to and from the international airport have resumed since
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The Iranian authorities have temporarily blocked access to two social media apps in the face of ongoing anti-government protests. Message app Telegram and photo app Instagram are those blocked, reported Iranian state TV on Sunday. “The decision was made to protect citizens’ safety and security,” an anonymous source told Irib News
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PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran’s newly-appointed army chief, General Abdolrahim Mousavi, said on Monday, September 18 there is no guarantee Israel will exist in the next 25 years, adding that its slightest wrong move may result in the Israeli cities of Haifa and Tel Aviv being “razed down to the ground”, Al-Masdar
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Two people were killed and two others went missing after floods and storms hit Iran’s northeastern province of Golestan, authorities said on Friday. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency on Friday, the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) in the city of Aliabad-e Katul in Golestan
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Iranian media are reporting two separate attacks in Tehran, one at the Iranian parliament and one as the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Reports said at least three attackers raided Khomeini's mausoleum in southern Tehran. Two of the assailants shot at visitors, while the third detonated explosives in a suicide attack.
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Hundreds of Iranian Christians on Sunday celebrated Easter at Saint Gregory the Illuminator (Surp Grigor Lusavoritch) Church in Tehran. This year the Orthodox churches celebrate Easter on the same Sunday when Roman Catholics and Protestants mark the holy festival. Source: tasnimnews.com Tasnim News Agency
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Head of Iran’s Crisis Management Organization confirmed the deaths of over 40 people in severe flooding triggered by torrential rains in four northwestern provinces of the country. Esmaeel Najjar said the bodies of 40 people who died in the flash floods have been found. Heavy rains started on Friday.
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