An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale on Friday evening struck Iran’s north-central province of Semnan. “At 21.19 p.m. (local time), Friday, June 20, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake shook the area around Sorkheh, a district in the Semnan Province,” reported Iranian news agency IRNA The quake struck 17 kilometres (10.6 …
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THE Nigerian government has finalized arrangements for the emergency evacuation of stranded Nigerians in Israel and Iran as crisis between the two nations escalates with incessant bombings. The arrangements of the Nigerian government was communicated on Wednesday in a statement signed by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, …
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Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of blistering Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage” to them, in recorded video aired by state TV It was the second public appearance by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei since …
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THE U.S. Treasury Department has announced sanctions against more than 30 individuals and companies accused of helping Iran evade sanctions and launder billions from oil and petrochemical sales to fund its nuclear and missile programmes. The sanctioned network operated as a system of “shadow banking” involving front companies in places …
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Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday dismissed U.S. calls for Tehran to stop enriching uranium. “The key to nuclear technology is uranium enrichment, and our enemies want to prevent precisely this in order to undermine our independence and our scientific potential.” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said this on state television. The U.S., …
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THE International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has levelled grave accusations against Iran, claiming the Islamic Republic enriched uranium to levels approaching weapons-grade material over the past three months, even as nuclear negotiations with the United States enter their sixth round. The UN nuclear watchdog, in its report dated 17 May, …
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THE next round of talks between Washington and Tehran to discuss Iran’s controversial nuclear programme will again take place in the Gulf state of Oman. This is according to the state news agency IRNA report on Tuesday. The agency, citing Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei, reported on Tuesday that …
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has fired one of his deputies for taking a “lavish” trip to Antarctica with his wife during Nowruz, the Persian New Year. The president’s office described Shahram Dabiri’s trip as “unjustifiable and unacceptable given the ongoing economic challenges” in Iran. A picture of Dabiri and his …
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IRAN’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has ruled out any possibility of negotiating with the United States in his first public speech since President Donald Trump claimed to have sent him a letter regarding nuclear talks. Khamenei also criticised France, Germany, and Britain for condemning Tehran’s non-compliance with the 2015 nuclear …
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IRAN has accelerated its production of near weapons-grade uranium as tensions between Tehran and Washington rise after the election of US President Donald Trump, a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press on Wednesday showed. The report by the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency said …
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