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Ayatollah Khamenei: Iran, Armenia must boost ties despite US opposition

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei (R) meets with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in Tehran on February 27, 2019. (Photo by leader.ir) Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran and Armenia should work to further boost their relations irrespective of opposition from …

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Zarif urges restraint as India, Pakistan come to blows

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is pictured during a press conference in the Turkish city of Istanbul on October 30, 2018. (Photo by AFP) Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has called on both Pakistan and India to exercise restraint, following recent tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. Zarif told …

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Iran FM warns Israel about its ‘dangerous’ adventurism

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned the Israeli regime that its “dangerous” adventurism with its bombing campaign in Syria could result in a military conflict in the region. “There is adventurism on Israel’s side, and adventurism is always dangerous,” Zarif said in an interview with the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper published on …

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A high-ranking Iranian general said the Al Saudi regime ruling Saudi Arabia will become extinct by 2030.

A high-ranking Iranian general said the Al Saudi regime ruling Saudi Arabia will become extinct by 2030. Addressing a cultural ceremony in the central city of Isfahan on Tuesday evening, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, a top military aide to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, said …

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Senior Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi

Senior Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi called for a constant development of Iran’s defense power to deter enemies from taking military action against the country. In a meeting with Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri in the city of Qom, Ayatollah …

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Warsaw conference sought to kill Palestinian cause, isolate Iran: Nasrallah

The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, delivers a speech broadcast from the Lebanese capital Beirut on February 16, 2019. The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says a recent US-organized conference in the Polish capital Warsaw was an attempt in vain to suffocate …

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UN warns of worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza

The file photo shows a Palestinian child in an impoverished area of the Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, July 29, 2018. (By AFP) The United Nations has warned that the humanitarian situation in the besieged Gaza Strip is deteriorating due to a decade-long blockade by Israel on the …

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9 Saudi soldiers killed in Yemeni fire on southern border posts

This image provided by Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement and published by the Al Jazeera news channel shows a military vehicle used by the Houthis to launch attacks on Saudi military positions south of the kingdom on February 16, 2019. At least nine Saudi soldiers have been killed in renewed wave …

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Iran marks anniversary of Islamic Revolution with mass rallies – Pictures

Iran marks anniversary of Islamic Revolution with mass rallies Millions of Iranians attended nationwide rallies on February 11, 2019 to mark the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. (Photo by Mehr) Various Iranian cities and towns were the scene of mass rallies celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution on …

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Enemies’ Iranophobia scheme used to sell arms to Mideast: Iran military chief

Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri says enemies of the Islamic Republic have intensified their effort to spread Iranophobia with the purpose of signing arms deals with countries in the Middle East. Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Iran’s military chief added that …

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