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Death Toll in Iran Tower Collapse Rises to 41

The death toll in the collapse of a building in southwestern Iran rose Monday to at least 41, state media reported, two weeks after the disaster struck. Ehsun Abbaspour, the governor of the city of Abadan, gave the figure based on an official report, state television said, according to the…

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Israel Raises Iran Concerns with Visiting UN Nuclear Chief

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett accused Iran of deceiving the international community about its atomic activities as he met with the visiting head of the UN nuclear watchdog on Friday. Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, paid a brief visit to Israel, which has long accused Iran…

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Iran Exiles Claim Disrupting Tehran’s Surveillance Cameras

Government-run surveillance cameras around Iran's capital reportedly were "disrupted" Thursday, while an exile group claimed it hacked into over 5,000 cameras around Tehran ahead of commemoration of the death of the founder of the republic. The Young Journalists Club, an affiliate of Iranian state television, acknowledged the disruption on Twitter…

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Tehran municipality websites disrupted, possibly due to hacking, news agency says

Websites linked to the Tehran municipality were disrupted on Thursday, Iran's pro-government students' Young Journalists Club news agency said on its Telegram channel, mentioning possible hacking.

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Iran slams French, German 'interference' in seizure of Greek ships

Iran has slammed "inappropriate interference" by Germany and France following their condemnation of Tehran for its seizure of two Greek-flagged oil tankers in Persian Gulf waters last week.

Radio France Internationale

Israel Simulates Long-Range Air Strikes over Mediterranean

The Israeli military said Wednesday that dozens of its aircraft conducted a drill simulating airstrikes on long-range targets, a thinly veiled reference to a possible attack on regional rival Iran. The army said the exercise took place a day earlier over the Mediterranean and “involved long-range flight, aerial refueling and…

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Iran says IAEA nuclear report ‘not fair and balanced’

The IAEA said it still had questions regarding undeclared nuclear material previously found at three Iranian sites.

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Iranian, Tajik Presidents Discuss Afghanistan

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held talks in Tehran on Monday with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon. Discussions focused on the situation in neighboring Afghanistan. Raisi said both countries want stability and security in Afghanistan and throughout the region and consider the presence of terrorists in this country very worrying. The two…

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Israeli PM Declares Iranian Regime ‘Immunity’ is Over

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday Iran would not go unpunished for instigating attacks through its proxies, speaking a week after the assassination in Tehran of a Revolutionary Guards colonel that has been blamed on Israel. Bennett’s statement indicates that the shadow war between Iran and Israel is…

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Israel Warns Against Travel to Turkey Citing Iran Assassination

Israel on Monday warned its citizens against travel to Turkey, citing Iranian threats of revenge for the assassination last week of a Revolutionary Guards colonel. Teheran has blamed Israel for the killing of Hassan Sayad Khodai, who was shot dead at the wheel of his car by two people on…

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Israeli PM Bennett says Iranian 'immunity' is over

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Kurdish PKK fighters may retreat to Iran as Turkish military closes in

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is vowing to crush the presence of the Kurdish militant group PKK in Iraq. But as the Turkish military closes in on the group, some analysts predict its fighters could turn to Iran, with implications across the region.

Radio France Internationale

2 Policemen, Civilian Wounded in Tehran Shooting

Two police and a civilian were wounded when two gunmen shot them in downtown Tehran, the Iranian capital, state-run media reported Saturday. It said one officer was in critical condition. The IRNA report said one of the shooters was arrested. Earlier this month, a senior member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard,…

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Drone Targets Iran's Parchin Military Base

A drone targeted a highly sensitive military site outside Tehran where Iran develops missile, nuclear, and drone technology, according to media reports. The New York Times quoted three Iranian sources and a US official saying that the drone exploded into a building used by the Ministry of Defense for research…

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Iran summons Swiss envoy over US oil seizure

Tehran has demanded the immediate release of the Pegas, an Iranian-flagged tanker being held in Greek waters.

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Iran Summons Swiss Envoy over US Seizure of Iranian Oil

Iran on Friday summoned the envoy of Switzerland, which represents US interests in Tehran, to protest against the US seizure of Iranian oil from a Russian-operated ship near Greece, the foreign ministry said in a statement quoted by Iranian media. The ministry called for the immediate release of the ship…

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Iran summons Swiss envoy over U.S seizure of Iranian oil -ISNA

Iran on Friday summoned the envoy of Switzerland, which represents U.S. interests in Tehran, to protest the U.S. seizure of Iranian oil from a Russian-operated ship near Greece, the foreign ministry said in a statement quoted by Iranian media.

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One dead after ‘accident’ at Iran’s Parchin military complex

The exact causes of the incident are under investigation, according to Iran’s defence ministry.

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Israel’s Military Figures Endorse US Stance to Reach Nuclear Deal with Iran

Leaders of the military and security institutions in Israel disagree with Prime Minister Naftali Bennet government’s hardline opposition to the Iranian nuclear deal, political sources in Tel Aviv revealed on Wednesday. They support the US policy towards Iran, led by President Joe Biden, generals in the Pentagon, the army and…

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Iran says engineer killed in ‘accident’ at military base

Iran’s missile programme has suffered a series of mysterious incidents

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Will Syria Witness a ‘Triple Front’ Military Escalation?

Three indicators point to the possibility of a military escalation on more than one front in Syria. Stability along the contact lines in the three Syrian areas of influence - which has been prevailing for more than two years - is threatened by new rounds of fire. This threat does…

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Engineer Dies in ‘Accident’ at Iran's Sensitive Military Parchin Site

An engineer died and another employee was injured after an unexplained accident on Wednesday in a research center at the Parchin military site affiliated with Iran's Defense Ministry, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Thursday. Fars news said investigations into the cause of the accident were under way. The…

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Wife of Swedish Man Detained in Iran Fears her Husband Will be Executed Soon

The wife of Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmedreza Djalali, convicted of espionage in Iran and sentenced to death, said she fears her husband will be soon executed, pleading for stronger action from the European Union. Vida Mehrannia told AFP in an interview from Stockholm that she fears that unless the EU were…

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Greece to Send Iranian Oil from Seized Ship to US

Greece will send Iranian oil from a seized Russian-flagged tanker to the United States at the request of the US judiciary, Greek port police said Wednesday, a decision that angered Tehran. Last month the Greek authorities seized the Pegas, which was said to have been heading to the Marmara terminal…

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Prospects for Reviving Iran Nuclear Deal ‘Tenuous’ at Best, Says US

The chances of reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal are shaky at best and Washington is ready to tighten sanctions on Tehran and respond to "any Iranian escalation" with Israel and others if the pact cannot be saved, a senior US official said on Wednesday. "We do not have a…

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