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  • Tehran was hit Wednesday with two simultaneous terrorist attacks targeting the parliament and the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini in the south of the city that left 12 people dead and 42 wounded. All…

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  • Former US secretary of state John Kerry said Monday the Iran nuclear deal could hold even if President Donald Trump pulls out but he warned that imposing new economic sanctions against Tehran…

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  • Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli went to the parliament on Tuesday to give a report on the process of conducting last month's polls.

    As per law, the Interior Minister is…

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  • US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing the senate toward passing tougher Iran sanctions, potentially renewing a fight over financial penalties against Russia.

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  • Lawmakers say renewed efforts in the US Congress to slap new sanctions on Iran are aimed at mounting pressure on the country to stop supporting its allies in the region, emphasizing that Tehran…

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  • Russia's special envoy on Syria Alexander Lavrentiev is to arrive in Tehran today for discussions over the latest developments in the 6-year-old civil war in the Arab country.

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  • A lawmaker called on the sides involved in the serious Arab crisis arising from a rift between Qatar and some countries in the Arab world to refrain from fueling tensions and turmoil in the region…

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  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has made phone calls to about a dozen counterparts, calling for dialogue to resolve a crisis in which some countries severed diplomatic ties with Qatar.

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  • A senior diplomat was in Kabul on Tuesday to partake in the first meeting of a new peace initiative known as the “Kabul Process”.

    Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia and Pacific Affairs…

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  • The US Central Intelligence Agency has established an organization focused exclusively on gathering and analyzing intelligence about Iran.

    The Iran Mission Center will bring together…

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  • China supports Iran's membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, jointly led by China and Russia, and the subject will be discussed at the group's summit this week, a senior Chinese…

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  • The vice president for parliamentary affairs said the government will send a proposal to parliament to split three of its oversized ministries.

    President Hassan Rouhani’s government intends…

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  • Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif criticized a move by some regional countries on Monday to cut off diplomatic ties with Qatar and said dialogue is needed among the countries involved in the…

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  • The temporary shut-down of the Arak heavy water production plant for maintenance marks the start of the redesigning of its heavy water reactor, a lawmaker said.

    Under the 2015 nuclear deal…

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  • Iranians on Sunday commemorated the anniversary of the demise of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini. Born in 1902, Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini grew to become the iconic leader of the…

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  • Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei urged President Hassan Rouhani to honor the pledges he made during the election campaign season last month, and build a resilient…

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  • Iran has called Persian Gulf Arab states to resolve their current disputes through dialogue.

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  • Ali Larijani clinched an overwhelming majority of ballots to secure his tenth consecutive speakership victory in the annual vote for the Majlis Presiding Board on Wednesday.

    The influential…

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  • The Guardians Council, a 12-member body in charge of supervising national elections and vetting those seeking public office, certified in a letter the returns of the May 19 presidential poll that…

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  • Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri voiced Tehran's readiness to hold a fresh round of high-level talks with Algeria within the framework of a joint commission.

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  • A meeting of the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council on Tuesday discussed a UN education plan that has subjected President Hassan Rouhani, whose government signed it during his first term, to…

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  • A political analyst said the new sanctions bill passed by the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee does not contravene the nuclear pact, albeit it is against the spirit of the historic agreement…

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  • A parliamentarian has called for an amendment to the election law that would tighten requirements for registration in presidential elections.

    “The main problem with the presidential…

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  • Jurors in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday settled in for a weeks-long trial to decide the fate of a Manhattan office tower built for the former shah of Iran, which the US government is trying…

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  • A Russian lecturer has censured the US for its double standards on terrorism, falsely accusing Iran of sponsoring terror while there are reports that US arms routinely fall into the hands of…

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