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Al-Monitor – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abollahian promised “the construction of two power plants within a period of only 18 months” to help Lebanon overcome an electricity crisis, which has disrupted much of public life and is bringing the country to its knees.   During a joint news conference with his Lebanese counterpart, Abdallah Bou-Habib, the Iranian minister declared that firms from his country were ready to reconstruct Beirut Port, which fell to almost a complete pile …

Al-Monitor – Iranian state television aired footage Thursday claiming to show Iranian Revolutionary Guard fast boats approaching a US Navy ship, but the US has not confirmed the incident. A spokesperson for the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, Cdr. Tim Hawkins, told the Associated Press today that he was unaware of any recent unsafe encounters with Iranian vessels. Such run-ins have occurred occasionally …

Al-Arabia – Talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia have gone a “good distance”, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told a news conference in Beirut on Thursday. For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said earlier this week that talks between the Kingdom and Iran …

Iranwire – Iranians who refuse to be vaccinated will be handed heavy fines and forced to isolate, Iran’s National Anti-Coronavirus Taskforce has announced. “The goal is to impose smart quarantines instead of shutting down all businesses to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, and to restrict only those who carry the disease or have not been vaccinated,”  Mostafa Ghani, a member of the taskforce’s …

Iranwire – Last week Dragan Skocic, the Croatian head coach of the Iranian national football team, told Al Jazeera Sport that he had endured months of incredible pressure after joining the team in February 2020, working as he was in the shadow of his predecessors, Marc Wilmots and Carlos Queiroz. Now, Skocic is on the verge of creating a memorable …