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Saudi blogger Raif Badawi awarded Sakharov human rights prize - BBC News Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, whose flogging sentence caused an outcry, has been awarded the European Parliament's Sakharov human rights prize. Parliament President Martin Schulz urged Saudi King Salman "to free him, so he...

PressTV-Iran urges US to stop nurturing terrorists Iran has called on the US to stop grooming terrorists to wreak havoc in Syria, saying the Arab state's crisis stems from Washington's instrumentalization of terrorists groups. “The US must stop [its] military approach and support for the...

PressTV-Microsoft preparing to invest in Iran Officials in Tehran said on Wednesday that Microsoft as well as several other leading US tech enterprises are preparing to enter the Iranian market in the near future.

Iran needs to buy up to 500 passenger planes in the next 10 years to renovate its aging fleet, head of the country’s aviation organization says. A number of plane manufactures have traveled to Iran over the past year, discussing possible agreements and assessing the market, Ali Reza...

S-300 issue between Russia and Iran settled — Iranian defense minister TASS: World - S-300 issue between Russia and Iran settled — Iranian defense minister MOSCOW, April 16. /TASS/. The issue of the supply of Russia’s S-300 anti-aircraft defense missile systems to Iran has been settled...

Baghdad - Iraqi Sunni tribal sheikhs threatened to resort to the United States' rival in the region, the Islamic Republic of Iran, to get the needed military support in their fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), if the US did not respond to their demands, warned Iraqi...

Iran launches Middle East's ‘biggest' gold plant, plans to double production — RT Business Iran has opened a new gold processing plant, reportedly the biggest in the Middle East, hoping to double its production of precious metals. Using a unique technology, Tehran says it will now mine up to...

Iran: Messages exchanged with US over militants - WTOP.com TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A senior Iranian official has confirmed that his country and the U.S. exchanged messages over the fight against the militant Islamic State group. Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian also was quoted...

Iran receives $1 billion under extended nuclear deal: IRNA - Yahoo News DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's central bank has received a total of $1 billion of previously frozen oil revenue from Japan under the terms of an extended nuclear agreement with six world powers, state news agency IRNA reported on...

BBC News - Iran 'backs US military contacts' to fight Islamic State Iran's Gen Qasem Soleimani has been helping Iraq defend its capital, Baghdad, from an attack by IS militants Iran's Supreme Leader has approved co-operation with the US as part of the fight against Islamic State in northern...

Iran’s international flights rise by 68 percent - Trend.Az The number of international flights to and from Iran has increased by 68 percent in the fifth calendar month of current Iranian year (July 23 - August 22). A total of 7,192 international flights landed in or took off from Iranian...

Iran supplied weapons to Iraqi Kurdish forces; Baghdad bomb kills 12| Reuters Reuters) - Iran has supplied weapons and ammunition to Iraqi Kurdish forces, Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani said Tuesday at a joint press conference with Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Arbil...

The Revolutionary Guards said they fired the missile as the stealth drone approached the area, 300 km (185 miles) from the capital Tehran. BBC News - Iran 'shoots down Israeli drone' near Natanz TEHRAN (FNA)- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force shot down an Israeli spy...

Islamic State militants have directly threatened Turkey with violence as they swore to “liberate” Istanbul in order to reopen a dam on the Euphrates River. Water flow to parts of Syria and Iraq is at a record low. The apparent closure is especially unfavorable to the terrorist group, as its new...

The fighting has came pretty close to our borders, not really close but a few weeks or months and they will be almost face to face with our border guard/soldiers. Is it time for us to carry out air raids, pound them with artillery ? Or just wait for them to near our borders slowly ? What is...