Iran
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Leader calls for massive election turnout to frustrate US
Feb 18, 2020 10:48Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the upcoming parliamentary elections in Iran are taking place at a critical time of US pressure and attempts to drive a wedge between the Iranian nation and government, calling for a large turnout in the polls to foil Washington's “evil intentions.”
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Iran could refuse entry to Samsung staff, ban phone registry: Official
Feb 18, 2020 16:21An Iranian telecoms ministry official says the country could enact punitive measures against South Korea’s mobile phone giant Samsung after the company decided to impose restrictions on Iranian users.
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Quarantine for Iranian students returned from China now over
Feb 18, 2020 15:26Iranian authorities have ended a 14-day quarantine for dozens of students who had been flown back home from central China over fears they might contract coronavirus.
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Secretary of Iran’s Guardian Council calls for ‘healthy, lawful’ elections
Feb 18, 2020 13:47Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, the secretary of Iran’s Guardian Council (GC), has highlighted the importance of the upcoming parliamentary elections in the country, calling on observers of the votes to help executive committees hold “healthy and lawful elections” under close scrutiny and without interference in the voting process.
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FATF unlikely to blacklist Iran, but non-issue if it does: CBI Chief
Feb 18, 2020 12:45Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnasser Hemmati says the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is unlikely to put the Islamic Republic on its financial blacklist.
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German national jailed in Iran sent home in swap deal: Judiciary
Feb 18, 2020 11:46The Iranian Judiciary says a German national, who was jailed in Iran, has been released and is now back in Germany after an Iranian national detained in the European country returned home on Sunday.
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UN chief, UNHCR praise Iran for hosting Afghan refugees
Feb 18, 2020 09:33UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi have praised Iran and Pakistan for hosting millions of Afghan refugees despite receiving minimal support from the international community.
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Iranian defense ministry wins $280 mln worth of shipbuilding deals
Feb 18, 2020 09:26Iranian defense ministry is to build 83 new large vessels for the country’s transportation authority in deals that are worth $280 million.
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IRGC chief: Iran's missile strike on US legitimate defense, strategic in nature
Feb 18, 2020 06:12The chief commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the country’s missile strike on a US base in Iraq in response to the assassination of Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his companions was legitimate defense while being of a strategic nature.
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Iranian speaker meets Lebanese counterpart, president in Beirut
Feb 17, 2020 16:35Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani on Monday met separately with his Lebanese counterpart, Nabih Berri, and President Michel Aoun in the Arab country’s capital, Beirut.