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Factories shut, fleeing fighters: How Iran’s sway in Syria collapsed
In an abandoned complex in the Syrian desert city of Palmyra, a piece of paper bearing a motivational slogan in Farsi is pinned to a rough wall. “No beginning is more beautiful than hello, and no wish ...
Tehran Times6d
Arg-e Rayen: ‘world’s second-largest adobe citadel’
It is bounded by the provinces of Fars in the west, Yazd in the north, South Khorasan in the northeast, Sistan-Baluchestan in the east, and Hormozgan in the south. It includes the southern part of the ...
From Haman to Khamenei: The Jewish people remember their enemies
As Jews marked Purim, Iran’s Khamenei denied the Holocaust, echoing past enemies. History proves one thing: Jews remember, ...
Reuters4d
US imposes sanctions on Iranian oil minister, shadow fleet
WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on Iran's Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad and some Hong Kong-flagged vessels that are part of a shadow fleet that ...
In a Pakistan desert town, Holi and Ramadan come together
In a desert town in Pakistan, Hindus prepare meals for fasting Muslims, who in turn gather to welcome a Holi procession, a ...
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China, Russia, Iran to hold nuclear talks in Beijing on Friday
BEIJING, March 12 (Reuters) - China will hold a meeting on Friday in Beijing with Russia and Iran on the Iranian "nuclear issue", its foreign ministry said, with both nations sending their deputy ...
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U.S. officials act to block illicit Iranian oil trade with China
March 13 (UPI) --Iran is operating a ghost fleet to sell oil to China in violation of existing sanctions, which U.S. officials seek to stop with the help of new sanctions. The Department of State ...
New York Post4d
Bumbling hitman botched murder of Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad in NY: ‘I was trying to get the easy way to kill her’
The bumbling, bargain-bin hitman hired to assassinate an exiled Iranian-American journalist botched the high-stakes Brooklyn hit in spectacular fashion — including by trying to open her door ...
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Jury Hears Details of Failed Plot to Kill Iranian Dissident in New York
Prosecutors say figures in Tehran hired two men to kill Masih Alinejad, a journalist who had criticized Iran’s head scarf laws. By Colin Moynihan In the summer of 2022, a group of people ...
France 244d
Iranian climber who competed without hijab leaves country: family
She returned home and largely vanished from public view, with some Persian-language media based outside Iran reporting she had been placed under house arrest and banned from competing abroad.
The Independent5d
Iran says it will begin nuclear talks with China and Russia and tells Trump: ‘Do whatever the hell you want’
I won’t even negotiate with you. Do whatever the hell you want,” Iranian state media quoted Mr Pezeshkian as saying. China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that the talks on the nuclear ...
Middle East Eye4d
Iranian press review: Russia’s mediation divides pro-nuclear talks factions
Russia's willingness to mediate nuclear talks between Iran and the US has drawn mixed reactions in Tehran, with moderate political groups divided on the issue. The discussion about Moscow's role ...