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Monthly Archives: January 2020

Three rockets in direct hit on US embassy in Baghdad: Security sources

alarabiya – Three out of five rockets fired on Sunday directly hit the US embassy in Iraq’s capital, a security source told AFP, including one that slammed into a cafe at dinner time. Iraq’s security forces had earlier reported no casualties. The diplomatic mission, which lies in Baghdad’s high-security Green Zone, has been regularly hit by rockets in recent months. …

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Oman Top Diplomat In Iran For Second Time Within Week

radiofarda – Iran’s top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif hosted his Omani counterpart Yusuf bin Alawi on Sunday for the second time within a week for talks on security in the sensitive Gulf. Alawi was making the visit to Tehran on the tail end of his trip to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, which Zarif skipped after scheduling …

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Iran Lawmaker Warns About Spread Of Coronavirus By Chinese Tourists

radiofarda – An Iranian lawmaker on Saturday warned the Health Ministry to prevent a deadly Coronavirus outbreak in Iran by taking preventative measures or even canceling the programs of a two-week winter festival in Hamadan which Chinese tourists are expected to attend. In his tweet Amir Khojasteh, the representative of Hamadan in the Iranian Parliament, has called on the authorities …

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Iran’s Zarif Says Trump Misunderstood Comment About Sanctions And Negotiation

radiofarda – The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has claimed that President Donald Trump misunderstood his comments in an interview with Germany’s Der Spiegel on Friday, when he had said the Trump administration can lift its sanctions and return to negotiations, adding, “We are still at the negotiating table”. Zarif comment appears to point to the framework of the …

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With Reformers Sidelined, Iranian Elections Looking Like Hard-Liners Vs. Conservatives

rferl.org – With Iranian parliamentary elections just a month away, there are increasing signs that the vote will be a case of the conservatives battling hard-liners, in what analysts describe as an attempt by the clerical establishment to consolidate power. The hard-line Guardians Council, which vets all election candidates, has disqualified some 9,000 of the 14,000 who registered to run …

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Britain’s Prince Charles Expresses Hopes Of Visiting Iran

rferl.org – Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, said in a newspaper interview that he would like to make an official visit to Iran, calling it “such an important part of the world.” “Yes, obviously I would like to [go to Iran],” The Sunday Times quoted him as saying in an interview to be published on January 26. …

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Families Of Downed Plane Victims In Canada Suing Iran’s Leader And Military

radiofarda – The uncle of a passenger onboard the Ukrainian airliner shot down by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says he and other families of victims are launching court cases in Ontario, Canada. Ali-Asghar Gorji, uncle of Puneh Gorji, said in a Facebook post January 24 families are suing the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic and the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps …

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Burning Medical Book By Advocate of ‘Islamic Medicine’ Causes Outrage In Iran

radiofarda – In a statement on Saturday, the Management Center of Iranian Seminaries condemned a cleric who was shown in a video burning Harrison’s Manual of Medicine claiming that “Islamic medicine” has made such books “irrelevant”. The video of the book-burning went viral on Thursday and many outraged social media users strongly reacted to it. Since then several prominent clerics, …

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EU’s Extends Timeline For Dispute Mechanism On Iran Deal

radiofarda – The EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell on Friday extended the time available to discuss ways to save the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran under a dispute mechanism triggered by France, Germany and Britain. Britain, France and Germany formally accused Iran on Jan. 14 of violating the terms of its 2015 agreement to curb its nuclear program, which eventually …

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Powerful Quake In Eastern Turkey Kills At Least 21

rferl.org – A powerful earthquake has hit the eastern Turkish province of Elazig, causing buildings to collapse and leaving at least 21 people dead and hundreds injured, officials say. The magnitude-6.8 quake struck near the town of Sivrice in Elazig Province — some 750 kilometers from the Turkish capital, Ankara — shortly before 9 p.m., the government’s disaster and emergency …

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