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Iran summons Iraqi ambassador in protest over Persian Gulf misnomer at soccer tournament
Jan 11, 2023 04:21Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Iraqi Ambassador to Tehran Nasir Abdul Mohsen Abdullah to voice strong protest over a distortion of the name of the universally-recognized Persian Gulf at a biennial football competition currently underway in the Arab country’s southern port city of Basra.
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Iran tests new domestic defense systems during military exercises
Jan 02, 2023 11:42The Iranian Army staged large-scale military exercises in an area stretching from the eastern part of the Strait of Hormuz to the northern tip of the Indian Ocean.
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Zulfaqar 1401 drills: Iran Army units exercise coastal defense in Sea of Oman
Dec 30, 2022 09:35Various units of Iran’s Navy exercised defending the country’s southern coasts early on Friday to mark the start of Zulfaqar 1401 military drills in the Sea of Oman.
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Iran Army units exercise coastal defense in Sea of Oman
Dec 30, 2022 10:52The Iranian Army's Naval Forces have staged a large-scale military exercise on the Oman Sea and north of the Indian Ocean. The drills are aimed at testing indigenously-built military equipment and enhancing the country's preparedness against potential threats.
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Iran calls for expansion of relations with Oman
Dec 28, 2022 09:46Iran's foreign minister stressed the need to enhance Tehran’s relations with the Sultanate of Oman in various fields.
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Iran’s IRGC seizes ship smuggling 330k liters of fuel in Persian Gulf, arrests entire crew
Dec 15, 2022 05:32A high-ranking Iranian Judiciary official says the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has confiscated a tanker ship carrying over 300,000 liters of smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf waters and arrested all crew members.
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China's deputy PM: Beijing always respects Iran’s sovereignty, territorial integrity
Dec 13, 2022 13:29Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has met with the visiting Chinese deputy prime minister in the capital Tehran, with the latter stressing that Beijing has invariably recognized and respected Iran's territorial integrity and interests.
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China's relations with PGCC, Iran never target any third party: Foreign Ministry spox
Dec 12, 2022 11:11China has reaffirmed its traditional friendly relations with Iran, saying Beijing's ties with Tehran and its relations with the member states of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) do not target any third party.
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Iran hails China ties, blasts meddlesome PGCC statement
Dec 12, 2022 08:59Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kan’ani has hailed developing China-Iran relations and censured a joint statement that the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) issued recently in the presence of a Chinese official, stressing that interference in Iranian internal affairs is rejected.
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Iran on Persian Gulf islands: ‘Harsh response’ awaits neighbors’ notorious ambitions
Dec 11, 2022 06:34The Iranian Parliament's deputy speaker has underscored the territorial integrity of the country with regard to the three islands in the Persian Gulf region, saying the Islamic Republic will give a “harsh and regrettable” response to any of its neighbors’ excessive ambitions.