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Implementing HOPE initiative needs collective measure, consensus: Zarif
Oct 10, 2019 10:35Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says all regional states at various levels, including experts, think-tanks, the private sector, senior officials, ministers and heads of state, must hold meetings on the Hormuz Peace Endeavor (HOPE) proposed by Tehran to facilitate implementation of this regional initiative without need for any foreign contribution.
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Either all countries in Persian Gulf will benefit from security or suffer its absence: Zarif
Oct 10, 2019 05:14Iran‘s Foreign Minister, Mohamad Javad Zarif, has highlighted the significance of maintaining security in the Persian Gulf, saying that either all countries in the region will benefit from security or all will be deprived of it.
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Iran’s largest refinery says listing planned for next year
Oct 10, 2019 03:11The Persian Gulf Star Refinery (PGSR), the largest in the country and the biggest producer of natural-gas condensates in the world, will list shares in the local stock market in the next Iranian calendar year starting late March.
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Iran plans to build boats that can sail at 100 knots/h: IRGC Navy cmdr.
Oct 10, 2019 02:48The top commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)'s Navy says Iran plans to build speedboats that can sail at 100 knots (185 kilometers) per hour.
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Iran will give crushing response to any threat: Army chief commander
Oct 07, 2019 13:52The chief commander of Iran's Army says the country will give a crushing response to any threat posed by enemies at any level.
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Iran friend of regional states, ready for security cooperation: Oil minister
Oct 04, 2019 05:57Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has called on regional states to view Iran as their friend, expressing Tehran’s preparedness to work with its neighbors to secure the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.
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Outsiders source of insecurity in Persian Gulf, Iran hits back at NATO
Oct 02, 2019 17:31Iran has warned the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that outsiders only cause insecurity in the Persian Gulf, after the head of the Western military alliance described the Islamic Republic's ballistic missile and nuclear energy programs as the main destabilizing factors in the region.
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Lasting Persian Gulf security, peace cab be secured only via regional cooperation: Rouhani
Oct 02, 2019 03:21President Hassan Rouhani says lasting security and peace in the Persian Gulf, the Sea of Oman and the strategic Strait of Hormuz could be established only through cooperation among regional states.
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Defense chiefs of Iran, Japan discuss Persian Gulf peace in phone conversation
Oct 02, 2019 02:54The defense ministers of Iran and Japan have emphasized the need for peace and stability in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions in the strategic region.
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Iran’s Hormuz initiative guarantees regional security: Iran’s Zarif
Sep 26, 2019 04:48Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has underlined the need for regional cooperation to ensure security in the Persian Gulf, calling on the countries in the region to join Tehran’s HOPE initiative to that effect.