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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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Bahraini regime summons Shia clergyman for questioning
Oct 04, 2019 04:05Bahraini officials have summoned a Shia Muslim cleric for interrogation as the ruling Ale Khalifah dynasty presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown and persecution of members of the religious community in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
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Top Hamas official taken back to Saudi prison after hospitalization
Oct 03, 2019 10:56Saudi authorities have reportedly transferred a high-ranking official of the Palestinian Islamic resistance movement Hamas to prison, weeks after he was taken to hospital because of health complications.
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IRGC's intelligence unit thwarts Arab-Israeli plot to assassinate Gen. Soleimani
Oct 03, 2019 09:35The intelligence unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has thwarted an Arab-Israeli plot to assassinate Major General Qassem Soleimani, a globally famous defense strategist who played a key role in the counter-terrorism operations that led to the collapse of the Daesh terror group in Iraq and Syria.
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Criticism of Saudi crown prince grows following Aramco attacks: Report
Oct 03, 2019 02:57A number of Saudi royal family members have expressed frustration over Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's ability to lead the kingdom following a devastating attack by the Yemeni army on the country's oil sites, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
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Khashoggi’s colleague reveals new dimensions of press censorship in US
Oct 03, 2019 02:43A senior Arab journalist has disclosed how he and his family members had been pressured and threatened over his bid to condemn the Saudi government in US media for killing his dissident colleague Jamal Khashoggi.
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Iran to welcome Saudi policy change if it understands buying arms can’t guarantee security: Zarif
Oct 02, 2019 17:30Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran will welcome Saudi Arabia's change of policy “with open arms” if it comes to the realization that it cannot buy security though arms purchases and extra-regional help.
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Putin says no proof Iran was behind attack on Saudi Aramco
Oct 02, 2019 14:26Russian President Vladimir Putin says there is no evidence Iran was responsible for a recent attack on Saudi oil facilities, adding that the United States had not presented any proof of Iran’s role.
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Saudis exaggerating damage from Aramco attack: Zanganeh
Oct 02, 2019 09:40Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says the impact on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities from Yemeni attacks on Sept. 14 has been blown out of proportion.
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Saudi Arabia gave Iraq green light to arrange meeting with Iran: Iraqi official
Oct 02, 2019 05:49An Iraqi official says Saudi Arabia has agreed that Iraq’s Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi help set the stage for a meeting with Iran.