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Clear global consensus exists over saving JCPOA: Zarif

TEHRAN, Aug. 04 (MNA) – Touching upon his Friday meetings in Singapore, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted that there is “clear global consensus on need to take concerted action to preserve JCPOA.” “Met with President and FM of Singapore and FMs of China, New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia. …

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Trump doesn’t understand Iran’s culture of resistance: Sherman

A former US under secretary of state for political affairs has taken President Donald Trump to task for his rash policies and uncalculated measures towards Iran after taking Washington out of a nuclear deal with Tehran, saying Trump does not understand Iran’s culture of resistance. In an interview with Yahoo …

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Emirati regime too weak to start war against even one Yemeni village: Ansarullah

The spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement has dismissed the recent belligerent remarks by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Mohammed Gargash, saying the Abu Dhabi regime is too feeble to fight in a battle against the residents of a single village in Yemen let alone the …

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Iran says impossible to engage with current US govt.

Iran says it is impossible to engage in talks with the US under the current administration which has adopted a fiercely hostile policy toward the Islamic Republic. “With current America and these policies, there will definitely not be the possibility of dialogue and engagement, and the United States has shown …

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UN Warns: Gaza on Verge of Total Collapse

The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nikolay Mladenov, warned that the besieged Gaza Strip is on the verge of total economic and social collapse. Mladenov stressed that half of Gaza’s population suffers from unemployment and that basic services are severely overstretched. He further welcomed a …

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UN Urges Bahrain to Stop Stifling Activists, Women

United Nations human rights experts called on Bahrain Thursday to end the repression of activists, restrictions on freedom of expression and discrimination against women. Bahrain has cracked down on perceived threats since Arab Spring protests in 2011. Protesters have clashed frequently with security forces, who have been targeted in many …

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Palestinian Martyred, Several Injured on ’Great March of Return’

One Palestinian was martyred and at least ten others were injured with “Israeli” live bullets on the 18th Friday of the “Great March of Return” in the besieged Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed that Ghazi Muhammad Abu Mustafa, 43, succumbed to wounds he sustained with …

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We are closer to you than you think: Gen. Soleimani to Trump

TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) – The IRGC’s Quds Force Commander Ghasem Soleimani in reaction to US President Donald Trump’s recent tweet against Iran said “we are closer to you than you think”, rebuking Trump for threatening Iran. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force Commander Major General Ghasem Soleimani made the …

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Crushing response awaiting US anti-Iran threats: Military chief

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri says the country’s Armed Forces are highly prepared to give a “crushing response to any threat at any level” against the Islamic Republic. “The false assumptions that the US president has about the astonishing capabilities of the brave Iranian …

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MSF suspends job in South Sudan after raids

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Tuesday it has suspended most of its work in South Sudan’s northern Maban county, after protesters looted its offices and those of several humanitarian agencies. “A group of unidentified armed men broke into (the) MSF office and compound, looting the organization and staff’s properties, burning …

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