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Iranian deputy FM heads for Netherlands
Nov 18, 2019 08:02Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi started his official visit to the Netherlands to participate in another round of political talks between the two countries.
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Three killed, several injured in Netherlands' shooting
Mar 18, 2019 16:00A shooting on a tram in the city of Utrecht in Netherlands has left at least three persons dead and nine others injured, with police saying the incident may have had a “terrorist motive.”
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Netherlands recognizes Gaza, West Bank as official Palestinian birthplaces
Feb 10, 2019 14:43Authorities in the Netherlands have allowed Palestinians living in the country to register the besieged Gaza Strip and the West Bank as their official places of birth, instead of registering under such designations as 'the Israeli-occupied territories' or 'unknown'.
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Iran summons Dutch ambassador over embassy attack in Hague
Jan 16, 2019 06:28Iran’s Foreign Ministry has called in Dutch Ambassador to Tehran Jacques Werner to express the country’s protest over a recent attack by “some anti-revolutionary and terrorist elements” on the Islamic Republic’s embassy in The Hague.
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Netherlands halts arms export to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt over Yemen war
Dec 01, 2018 19:22With the ongoing deadly campaign led by the regime in Riyadh against Yemen, the Netherlands has said it will halt arms export to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt.
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Netherlands chides France, Germany over EU army proposal
Nov 17, 2018 11:58The Dutch Prime Minister has rejected the idea of a European army proposed by France and Germany, stressing that the continent's safety could be guaranteed only through NATO.
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Iran nuclear deal collapse adds to complications in Middle East: Diplomat
Nov 13, 2018 17:22A senior Iranian diplomat has warned that the possible collapse of a historic nuclear agreement signed between Iran and the 5+1 group of countries in 2015 would certainly add to political complications in the Middle East.
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Iran’s president asks for Europe's serious action against terrorists
Oct 16, 2018 15:43Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a meeting with new Dutch Ambassador to Tehran, Jacques Werner, called on the European states to prosecute the terrorists living in Europe, including the masterminds of the recent terrorist attack in Southwestern Iran.
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Turkey, Netherlands agree to normalize relations
Jul 20, 2018 15:54Turkey and the Netherlands have agreed to normalize relations following a severing of bilateral ties in a 2017 diplomatic row.
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‘1,400 girls forced into sex slavery in Holland each year’
May 24, 2018 12:13Some 1,400 minor girls are annually blackmailed into sex slavery in the Netherlands by male traffickers, a new report says.