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Iran foils drone attack on defence ministry complex in Isfahan - Tasnim

Iran has foiled a drone attack against a Ministry of Defence complex in the central city of Isfahan overnight, Iranian Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday, amid mounting tensions between the Islamic Republic and Israel.

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Iran Says it Warned Off US Navy aircraft Close to Gulf of Oman

The Iranian navy said it identified and warned off a US reconnaissance plane near the Gulf of Oman on Sunday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported. "After the warning, the plane was prevented from entering the country's skies without authorization," said the report, identifying the plane as a US Navy…

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Iran says it warned off U.S. Navy aircraft close to Gulf of Oman-Iranian media

The Iranian navy said it identified and warned off a U.S. reconnaissance plane near the Gulf of Oman on Sunday, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.

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China, Russia, Iran Conduct Naval Exercises in Gulf of Oman

China, Iran and Russia are conducting joint naval exercises in the Gulf of Oman from March 15-19, the Chinese and Russian defence ministries said on Wednesday. The drills, the 2023 edition of the "Marine Security Belt" exercises, will help "deepen practical cooperation among the navies of participating countries", China's defence…

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IRGC: Europe Officially Entered into Soft War Against Us

The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Hossein Salami, announced that Iran was facing a clear and open soft, low-level war with the Europeans, accusing enemies of being behind the protests that have rocked the country since mid-September. The Tasnim news agency, affiliated with the IRGC, quoted Salami…

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Iran Summons Senior Ukraine Diplomat over Comments on Drone Strike

Iran summoned Ukraine's charge d'affaires in Tehran on Monday over his country's comments on a drone strike on a military factory in the central Iranian province of Isfahan, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency. In Ukraine, which accuses Iran of supplying hundreds of drones to Russia to attack civilian…

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Iran summons senior Ukraine diplomat over comments on drone strike

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Britain urges release of dual national Akbari jailed in Iran

Britain on Wednesday urged Iran to release Alireza Akbari, a dual national who the Tasnim news agency reported Iran had sentenced to death on charges of spying for Britain.

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Iran sentences Belgian aid worker to 40 years in prison -Tasnim

Distraught family of a Belgian national held in Iran appealed to their government on Tuesday to do its utmost to get him freed after he was sentenced to 40 years in prison and 74 lashes on charges including spying that Brussels has denounced as fake.

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Iran Police Detain Top-tier Football Players in Raid at Party

Iranian police briefly detained several unidentified top-tier football players in a raid on a party on New Year's Eve, Iranian media reported. Social restrictions are among issues that prompted mass unrest in recent months, following the death in custody of a woman accused of violating the strict dress code. The…

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Iran police detain top-tier football players in raid at party

Iranian police briefly detained several unidentified top-tier football players in a raid on a party on New Year's Eve where alcohol was served in violation of an Islamic ban, Iranian media reported.

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Iran Executes Protester for Injuring Guard with Knife

Iran executed a protester on Thursday who was convicted of injuring a security guard with a knife and closing off a street in the capital, Tehran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, part of a clampdown on nationwide unrest. Nationwide protests erupted after the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman…

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Iran holds first execution over anti-government protests

Iran hanged a man on Thursday convicted of injuring a security guard with a knife and blocking a street in Tehran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency said, the first such execution over recent anti-government unrest.

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Iran Officials Sentence 5 to Death for Killing Basij Troop

Iranian authorities sentenced five people to death for allegedly killing a member of a paramilitary force affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, state media said Tuesday. Eleven others received lengthy prison sentences. The 13 men and three minors had been charged with killing R.Ajamian, a member of the Basij, a paramilitary…

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Iranian City Shops Shut after Strike Call, Judiciary Blames ‘Rioters’

Iranian shops shut their doors in several cities on Monday, following calls for a three-day nationwide strike from protesters seeking the fall of clerical rulers, while the head of the judiciary blamed what he called "rioters" for threatening shopkeepers. Iran has been rocked by nationwide unrest following the death of…

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IRGC-Affiliated News Agency Hit by Cyberattack

A news agency affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was hacked late Friday in line with protests over Mahsa Amini’s death, local media reported. The IRGC’s Tasnim news agency said on Friday evening that hackers have disrupted the work of Iran’s Fars news agency for few minutes.

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Iran arrests a soccer player for criticizing government and insulting the soccer team

Voria Ghafouri, a prominent player who wasn't chosen to go to the World Cup, is an outspoken critic of Iran's authorities. Reports of his arrest came ahead of Friday's Iran-Wales World Cup match.

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Iran Arrests Outspoken Player amid World Cup Scrutiny

Iran has arrested a prominent former member of its national football team over his criticism of the government as authorities grapple with nationwide protests that have cast a shadow over the team as it competes in the World Cup before a global audience. The semiofficial Fars and Tasnim news agencies…

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Iran enters ‘critical’ phase as it tries to quash anti-regime protests

Activists accuse state forces of deploying heavy weaponry, as attacks on Kurdish areas intensify

Reuters

Iran's Revolutionary Guards hit Kurdish Iranian group in Iraqi Kurdistan - Tasnim

Iran's Revolutionary Guards targeted on Tuesday a base of what it says are "terrorists" in Iraq's Kurdistan region with missiles and kamikaze drones, the semi-official Tasnim news agency said.

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Iran: Videos Show Flames at Khomeini Home

Video clips showing a fire at the ancestral home in Iran of the Iranian regime’s late founder, Ruhollah Khomeini, have appeared on social media, with activists saying it was torched by protesters. Reuters verified the location of two video clips using the distinctive arches and buildings that match file images.…

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Videos claim to show home of Iran’s late leader Khomeini on fire

The incident takes place amid a renewed wave of protests in Iran to mark the anniversary of a bloody crackdown in 2019.

Reuters

Iran protests: Social media videos show flames at home of late leader Khomeini

Video clips showing a fire at the ancestral home in Iran of the Islamic Republic's late founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, have appeared on social media, with activists saying it was torched by protesters.

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Iran launches missile attacks on Kurdish opposition group in Iraq

Missiles fired from Iran targeted bases of an exiled Iranian Kurdish opposition group in neighbouring Iraq on Monday, killing at least one person and wounding eight, local officials said. It was the latest in a series of such attacks in recent weeks.

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Fire Reported at Motor Engine Oil Factory in Central Iran

A motor engine oil factory caught fire at Isfahan’s Mobarakeh industrial town in central Iran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday, raising concerns that the fire could expand in the large industrial complex. “Currently, the fire is high and wide, and we hope that it will be contained…

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