Tag: Iran
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Saudi Arabia defends Pakistan after Iran accuses Islamabad of harbouring terror groups
Iran is harbouring terrorist groups and should be the last country to accuse others of terrorism, Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir said here on Monday.
February 18, 2019 -
Sushma Swaraj makes ‘ad hoc’ stopover in Tehran, Iran to support India in fight against terror
Both India and Iran saw similar suicide attacks targeting their respective paramilitary forces earlier this week.
February 17, 2019 -
Former US Air Force officer charged with spying for Iran, allegedly converted to Islam
Witt is accused of sharing the US government secrets, including the name of agents and specifics of operations, with Iran as early as January 2012.
February 14, 2019 -
Omar Khayyam at Jaipur Literature Festival
The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, is perhaps the greatest repository of the manuscripts of the Rubaiyat
February 14, 2019 -
Forty years after
Not that the reformers have not tried to modernise Iranian society, but their efforts have come a cropper because of the omnipotent theocracy.
February 13, 2019 -
Plane with 10 on board crashes in Iran
The aircraft crashed and caught fire near the city of Karaj while attempting to land in the wrong airport.
January 14, 2019 -
Sushma Swaraj proposes air freight corridor between India and Central Asia
Swaraj informed the gathering that Iran was holding the Chabahar Day International Conference on February 26 at the Chabahar port to introduce to the invited delegations the capacities of the port.
January 13, 2019 -
Former Israeli minister pleads guilty to spying for Iran
According to Israel's Shin Bet security service, Segev had met Iranian intelligence officials several times over the past six years, delivering them information.
January 9, 2019 -
Iran open to Indian investments in Chabahar
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari reviewed the progress in implementing the Chabahar Port project, which provides India a critical link to land-locked Afghanistan, bypassing Pakistan
January 8, 2019 -
Justice for Jamal Khashoggi
Prosecution of the killers of Jamal Khashoggi is covered by international law
January 3, 2019 -
Meysam: The artist in exile
The pen is a recurrent motif of Meysams paintings and cartoons and it appears in different shapes and sizes. For him, it is not merely a symbol of liberty and freedom of expression he jealously guards, but also a weapon with which he wants to fight injustice.
December 29, 2018 -
US sanctions will not defeat Iran: Rouhani
In May, US President Donald Trump pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and several world powers, then implemented sanctions targeting Iran's central bank and oil exports.
December 25, 2018 -
Netanyahu, Trump discuss Iranian military’s presence in Syria
Netanyahu vowed to "act very aggressively against Iran's attempts to establish itself in Syria" saying Israel has the backing of the White House in its actions against the Islamic Republic
December 21, 2018 -
Afghanistan opens air corridor with China to avoid Pakistani trade routes
The first consignment of 20 tonnes of pine nuts was despatched from Kabul to China on Tuesday.
November 8, 2018 -
Crippling Iran
The sanctions on the atomic energy entity reaffirm that these are actually linked primarily to Iran’s nuclear programme
November 8, 2018 -
Netanyahu hails Trump for re-imposing ‘most severe’ sanctions on Iran
As a long-time rival of Iran, Israel has carried out deadly airstrikes on Iranian targets in war-torn Syria, where Iranian troops have been fighting along the forces of Syrian President.
November 6, 2018 -
China to continue Iran trade despite new US sanctions
The US has given temporary exemptions to eight countries -- including India, Japan and Turkey -- to continue buying oil in a bid to avoid disrupting their economies and global markets.
November 5, 2018