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Over 30 years, and Sardasht chemical attack implications linger
Jun 28, 2020 08:46Iran has marked the 33rd anniversary of Iraq’s 1987 chemical attack on the city of Sardasht in West Azarbaijan Province.
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Iran seizes highest amount of illicit drugs worldwide: UNODC
Jun 25, 2020 12:52It’s the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, and as of every year, Tehran has hosted officials from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and ambassadors of different countries to discuss ways to tackle the global crisis of drug trafficking.
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Iran seizes nearly 1,000 tons of drugs each year
Jun 23, 2020 00:22Iran ranks first in the world in combating illicit drugs and organized crime.
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India fighter jets fly near disputed border with China week after deadly clash
Jun 22, 2020 09:34Indian Air Force aircraft are seen near Leh, the biggest town in Ladakh, the high-altitude territory where 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a violent face-off on the Chinese border last week.
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Hezbollah video shows targets marked for retaliation in Occupied Palestine
Jun 22, 2020 08:03Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has released a video showing that its precision-guided missiles can hit targets anywhere in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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Hamas holds rally against Israel’s annexation plan
Jun 20, 2020 00:40On Friday, Palestinian resistance movement Hamas organized a rally in the Gaza Strip against Israel’s plan to begin annexing parts of the occupied West Bank.
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Tehran hosts exhibition of protective gear, healthcare achievements
Jun 14, 2020 08:56Tehran is hosting an exhibition of medical products and healthcare achievements in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. Over 150 companies, including several knowledge-based firms, are showcasing their products in the four-day event, which is the first physical exhibition since the outbreak of the virus in March.
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Protests against police brutality continue across US
Jun 13, 2020 03:16Protests against police brutality continue across the United States following George Floyd’s death at the hands of white police in Minneapolis.
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New arrest video shows African-American pleading ‘I can’t breathe’ before dying
Jun 12, 2020 11:52The Oklahoma City Police Department released body camera footage on Monday from a 2019 arrest showing a black man being pinned to the ground by three police officers and saying "I can't breathe," with an officer replying "I don't care." The man died in custody soon afterwards.
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Thousands more evacuated from site of Indian oil-well blast
Jun 12, 2020 07:07Around 7,000 people have been evacuated from the surrounds of a deadly oil-well explosion in northeast India. Oil India engineers have been battling since May 27 to cap a blowout that this week ignited a huge ball of fire in Tinsukia district of Assam state.