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Iran denies link to spying ring in SaudiIran denied on Wednesday any link to members of a spying ring detained by its Sunni Muslim regional rival Saudi Arabia, according to Iranian media. Saudi state media reported on Tuesday that officials had detained 10 people accuse More… |
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Gulf naval drill highlights mine risk to shippingA major international naval drill being conducted in the Gulf has highlighted real concerns about the potential risk to global shipping from mines planted at sea, a report said. Military chiefs have been quick to play down suggest More… |
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Iran plans more reactors in quake-prone areaIran plans to build more nuclear power reactors in an earthquake-prone coastal area, Iranian media said on Wednesday, a day after a strong tremor struck the region close to its only such existing plant. Tuesday's 6.3-magnitude More… |
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Iran crude exports to rebound from March slumpIran's April crude exports will rebound to above 1 million barrels per day (bpd), industry sources said, after falling in March to the lowest level seen since the West imposed sanctions to reduce the oil flow in 2012. US and E More… |
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Iran's nuclear ambition can't be 'bombed away'Iran will pursue its nuclear quest although it has reaped few gains from a totem of national pride that has cost it well over $100 billion in lost oil revenue and foreign investment alone, two think-tanks said on Wednesday. A repo More… |
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Iran rial firms after ‘positive’ nuclear talksThe Iranian currency jumped about 9 per cent against the US dollar because of apparent government intervention and a positive tone at nuclear talks between Iran and world powers, currency websites and Iranian media reported on Monday. More… |
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Iran calls for end to nuclear arms after N Korea testIran said on Tuesday that all the world's nuclear weapons should be destroyed, shortly after North Korea said it had conducted its third nuclear test in defiance of United Nations resolutions. "We think we need to come to More… |
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Iran's Khamenei rejects US direct talks offerIran's highest authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Thursday rejected an offer of direct talks made by US Vice President Joe Biden this week, saying they would not solve the problems between them, Iranian media reported. &quo More… |
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Iran successfully launches monkey into spaceIran has successfully launched a live monkey into space, the Fars news agency reported on Monday, lauding it as an advance in a missile and space programme that has alarmed the West and Israel. There was no independent confirmatio More… |
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Iran 'defeats' cyber attack on industrial sitesAn Internet virus that attacked computers at industrial sites in southern Iran, in an apparent extension of a covert cyber war that initially targeted the country's nuclear facilities, has been neutralised, an Iranian official said. More… |
