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Iran, Iraq sign security cooperation agreement
Tehran: Iran and Iraq have signed an agreement on security cooperation in Baghdad. The deal was signed on Sunday by visiting Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani and…
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Saudi Arabia’s King invites Iranian President to visit Riyadh
Tehran: Just over a week after Tehran and Riyadh agreed to restore diplomatic relations, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has invited Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to visit Riyadh, a…
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Iran sentences two people to death over Shiraz shrine attack
Tehran: The Iranian court has sentenced two people to death in connection with an attack on a shrine in the southern city of Shiraz in October 2022, which claimed the lives of…
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Child detainees in Iran suffer sexual violence, electric shocks: Amnesty
Tehran: Citing a report by rights group Amnesty International, CNN reported that child detainees in Iran face severe torture and sexual violence, flogging and electric shocks by authorities in the country. The…
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Iranian female activist rearrested hours after release
Tehran: One of Iran’s prominent women activist and journalists Sepideh Qolian, was rearrested a few hours after her release from Evin prison, Iranian media reported. 28-year-old Sepideh Qolian, was released on Wednesday,…
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Iran to send ambassador to UAE soon
Tehran: A senior Iranian diplomat has said that Iran will soon send its ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Ali Bagheri Kani, Iranian deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, said that…
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Iran: Over 110 suspects arrested in poisoning of schoolgirls
Tehran: An Iranian police spokesman has said that more than 110 suspects have been arrested in connection with the suspicious poisoning of students at some schools, semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. Following…
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Iranian state media, activists deny abolition of morality police
Iranian state-run al-Alam news channel and human rights activists on Sunday denied media reports claiming the abolition of the “morality police” in the country. On Sunday, several news outlets reported that the…