Like most ordinary Israelis and Palestinians, I hope that hostilities never recur. But how long it will take for them to reconcile and live peacefully side by side, I do not know.
by Xinhua writer Chen Junqing
JERUSALEM, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) — Mohamed…
Category: 1. Iran
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US Treasury hits Iran’s shadow oil trade with sweeping sanctions
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added more than 50 individuals, companies, vessels, and aircraft to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list, focusing on front companies and shipping entities linked to Iran’s Sepehr Energy Jahan…
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Over 10,000 Afghan refugees return from Pakistan, Iran in single day
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 21 (ANI): A total of 10,405 Afghan citizens returned to Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan in a single day, Pajhwok News Agency reported on Thursday, citing officials.
According to Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman…
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Iran condemns IAEAs illegal resolution on nuclear program
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the anti-Iranian resolution adopted by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), calling it an “illegal and unjustified” measure.
The Board…
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Iran more prepared than ever to deter Israeli aggression
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has stated that Iran is now more prepared than ever to deter any Israeli aggression.
In an exclusive interview with The Economist on November 19th in Tehran, Araghchi noted that Iran’s…
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Iranian–American detained upon arrival in Tehran, rights group says
The woman, identified as Afarin Mohajer, normally lives in Los Angeles and has been held in the women’s ward of Evin Prison, the group said.
Hengaw said security forces detained Mohajer on September 29 after she landed in Tehran and transferred…
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Why Middle East nations turn to Russia for stability
Sergey Shoigu recently went on a visit to Oman and Egypt two nations looking for reliable partners in an increasingly turbulent region
Sergey Shoigu’s visit to Egypt and Oman was one of Moscow’s most telling diplomatic moves in the Middle East in…
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Forcing through confrontational Iran resolution only worsens situation: Chinese envoy
VIENNA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — It only makes things worse to forcibly push for the Iran-related confrontational resolution at the Board of Governors meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said a Chinese envoy Thursday at the…
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‘We will see’ : Trump’s tentative nod meets Tehran’s hardened terms
A Reuters report on Thursday quoted two regional sources as saying Iran asked Saudi Arabia to help persuade the United States to restart nuclear talks, a day after Trump said Iran wanted a deal and he would “probably” make it.
In Tehran, however,…
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MoS Jitin Prasada meets Afghan Trade Minister Azizi, discusses strengthening bilateral trade, economic cooperation
New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI): Afghanistan Trade and Commerce Minister Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi on Thursday met with Union Minister of State for Commerce, Jitin Prasada, in the national capital.
‘Meeting with H.E. Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi, Afghan…
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