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Iran’s president says cyberattack meant to create ‘disorder’

Editorial Bureau October 27, 2021

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s president said Wednesday that a cyberattack which paralyzed every gas station in the Islamic Republic was designed to get “people angry by creating disorder and disruption,” as long lines still snaked around the pumps a day after the incident began. Ebrahim

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Iran’s COVID-19 deaths strike record daily high of 709

Editorial Bureau August 24, 2021

DUBAI (UAE) – Iran on Tuesday confirmed a record daily 709 deaths from COVID-19 as the worst-hit country in the Middle East faced a fifth surge in infections led by the highly contagious Delta variant. The health ministry said the total number of cases had reached 4.75 million with 40,623 new infections over the past […]

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Iran’s COVID-19 death toll increases above 100,000 – health ministry

Editorial Bureau August 19, 2021

DUBAI (UAE) – Iran’s death toll from COVID-19 exceeded 100,000 on Thursday with 564 fatalities recorded in the past 24 hours, state TV said, as the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus spread through the Middle East’s worst-hit country. State television, citing Iran’s health ministry, said the total number of confirmed COVID-19 infections

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Iran says its embassy in Kabul continues to be open

Editorial Bureau August 17, 2021

DUBAI (UAE) – Iran’s embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul remains open and fully active, state media reported on Tuesday, a day after Tehran welcomed the “military failure” of its arch-foe the United States as it withdraws its forces from Afghanistan. The report came as many countries evacuated their embassy staff from Kabul due to […]

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Iran enforces travel ban and shutdown amid COVID surge

Editorial Bureau August 14, 2021

DUBAI (UAE) – Iran is to implement a one-week lockdown and a ban on road travel amid a fifth COVID-19 surge in the worst-hit country in the Middle East, state television reported on Saturday. All non-essential businesses and offices will have to close under the nationwide lockdown from Monday to Aug. 21, in an effort […]

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Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant temporarily closed – state TV

Editorial Bureau June 20, 2021

DUBAI (UAE) – Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant has been temporarily shut down for technical overhaul, Iranian state TV said on Sunday. “It has been temporarily shutdown since yesterday for technical overhaul which will continue for a few days,” an official told state TV.

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Iran signs up presidential candidates, Raisi expected to run

Editorial Bureau May 11, 2021

DUBAI (UAE) – Candidates started signing up on Tuesday for Iran’s June 18 presidential polls, with the clerical establishment looking forward to a high turnout in the vote. It is seen as a referendum on the way Islamic Republic’s political and economic crises has been dealt with. As per news agencies close to the hardliners, […]

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Iran scraps number of centrifuges enriching uranium to 60% purity: IAEA report

Editorial Bureau April 22, 2021

VIENNA (AUSTRIA) – Iran has brought down the number of centrifuges enriching uranium to up to 60% purity at an above-ground plant at Natanz to one cluster from two, a report by the UN nuclear watchdog seen by Reuters indicated on Thursday. Iran announced the shift to 60%, a big step towards weapons-grade from the […]

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Iran witnesses progress in Vienna talks, cautions against excessive demands

Editorial Bureau April 20, 2021

DUBAI (UAE) -Iran’s chief negotiator said on Tuesday talks to save the 2015 nuclear accord were in progress, and in the right direction, in spite of difficulties but warned Tehran would stop the negotiations if faced with “unreasonable demands” or time wasting. Iran and world powers have made headway in the Vienna talks though much […]

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Efforts to repair relations between rivals, Saudi and Iran hold talks

Editorial Bureau April 18, 2021

In a bid to repair relations between the two regional rivals, four years after they cut off diplomatic ties, senior Saudi and Iranian officials have held direct talks. Iraq’s prime minister visited Saudi Arabia late last month. The report comes as Washington and Tehran try to revive a 2015 nuclear accord to which Riyadh had […]