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Monthly Archives: October 2020

China Backs Iran Nuclear Deal, Calls For New MidEast Forum

Radiofarda – China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has called for a new forum to defuse tensions in the Middle East after a meeting with his Iranian counterpart where he reiterated Beijing’s support for Tehran. Wang and Javid Zarif also reaffirmed their commitment to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, according to the Chinese foreign ministry, an implicit rebuke of …

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U.S. Pressure On Iran Is ‘State Terrorism,’ Says Tehran’s U.N. Envoy

Radiofarda – Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Majid Takht Ravanchi, says Washington’s policy of maximum pressure on Tehran is designed to change Iran’s “regime.” The Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, added that U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran’s banking system aims at “starving people of Iran.” Quoting Ravanchi on Friday, October 9, the state-run Mehr News Agency (MNA) …

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Coronavirus: Iran nuclear chief tests positive for COVID-19

Al-Arabia – Iran’s nuclear chief and former foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi has tested positive for coronavirus, state media reported on Sunday. Read more: Where Russia, Turkey, Iran stand in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict Salehi, who heads the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), tested positive for coronavirus on October 3, the official IRNA news agency reported citing a press release …

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Coronavirus in Iran: Rouhani adviser Mohammad Bagher Nobakht contracts COVID-19

Al-Arabia – Mohammad Bagher Nobakht, a top economist and adviser to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, said he has tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. Nobakht, an Iranian vice president and the head of the country’s Planning and Budget Organization, tweeted that his overall health is “favorable,” but added that he is currently hospitalized for further examination. Coronavirus has infected and …

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Iran’s Rial Hits New Low Against Dollar As Economy Reels

Radiofarda – The Iranian rial fell to a new low against the U.S. dollar on Saturday as the economy reels under pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic and U.S. sanctions. The dollar was selling for as much as 304,300 rials on the unofficial market, up from 295,940 on Friday, according to the foreign exchange site Bonbast.com. The economic daily Donya-e-Eqtesad’s website …

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Tehran To Impose Fines For Virus Regulation Breaches As Caseload Soars

Radiofarda – Iran is to start imposing fines for breaches of health regulations in the capital, President Hassan Rouhani announced on Saturday, after daily coronavirus infections hit a record high this week. Iran has previously held back from using fines to enforce mask wearing in public and other health protocols, but they will now be imposed in the capital Tehran, …

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Saudi-led Coalition Says It Destroyed Two Explosive Drones Fired By Houthis

Radiofarda – The Saudi-led coalition said on Saturday it intercepted and destroyed two explosive-laden drones launched towards Saudi Arabia by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis. There was no comment from the Houthi movement about the two incidents reported by the state-run Saudi Press Agency, which cited a coalition spokesman. Yemen has been locked in conflict since 2014 when the Houthis seized Sanaa, …

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Fire breaks out at Tehran metro station, no casualties: Iran’s Mehr

Al-Arabia – A fire broke out at a metro station in the west of the Iranian capital on Saturday, the semi-official Mehr news agency said, adding that there were no casualties. A spokesman for the state emergency services, Mojtaba Khaledi, said no trains were damaged in the 7.45 a.m. blaze at the Ekbatan station but did not immediately specify its …

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Iranians Mourn The Death Of Maestro Mohammad Reza Shajarian

Mohammad Reza Shajarian, a master of traditional Iranian music hailed as one of NPR’s 50 Great Voices of all Time, died at age 80 on Thursday afternoon in Tehran. Four years earlier, he had appeared in front of the cameras for the last time, announcing that he had had kidney cancer for 15 years. Minutes after his death was “announced outside …

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Tehran Ambassador to Denmark Accused of Forcing Islamic-Style Divorce on Women

Radiofarda – On Wednesday, October 8, Denmark summoned Tehran’s ambassador to Copenhagen, Afsaneh Nadipour, over reports that the Iranian Embassy had allegedly contacted Iranian women living in the Scandinavian country and pressured them to accept divorce terms drawn up by local clergies and Mosque Imams. Iran’s ambassador to Denmark, Afsaneh Nadipour, The summons follows recent reports in Danish media about …

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