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Foreign Ministry: Release of South Korea-held Iranian funds underway
Aug 11, 2023 06:13Tehran has said that the process of release of $6 billion worth of Iran's funds that have been illegally blocked in South Korea under the pretext of US sanctions is underway.
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Iran has many options to force South Korea to pay back debt: MP
Aug 09, 2023 05:31A senior member of Iran’s Parliament says the country has many options to force South Korea to return over $7 billion of Iranian funds that have remained blocked in the country under the pretext of compliance with US sanctions on Tehran.
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Iran urges South Korea to ‘act wisely’, release its frozen funds
Jul 31, 2023 12:08Tehran has urged South Korea to “act wisely” and release billions of dollars worth of Iranian funds frozen in South Korean banks under the pretext of US sanctions.
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Iran to spare no efforts to unfreeze funds in South Korea: Official
Jul 30, 2023 06:37Iranian deputy president for legal affairs says the country will spare no legal efforts to force South Korea to release nearly $7 billion worth of Iranian funds that have remained blocked in the country for the past five years because of Seoul's compliance with US sanctions on Tehran.
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Iran to refer case of frozen funds in South Korea to arbitration
Jul 29, 2023 12:02Iran has commenced formal legal proceedings against South Korea as Seoul refuses to release billions of dollars worth of Iranian funds on the pretext of US sanctions.
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US deploys 2nd nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea amid surging tensions with North
Jul 24, 2023 09:51The US has deployed a second nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) to a port in South Korea, as part of a recent agreement between the two allies to purportedly deter North Korea's growing military might.
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At least one dead, three injured in knife attack in Seoul subway station
Jul 21, 2023 10:14At least one person has been killed and three others have been wounded after a man went on a "stabbing rampage" near a subway station in the South Korean capital Seoul on Friday, according to the South Korean police.
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North Korea warns US with nuclear retaliation amid rising tensions
Jul 21, 2023 07:24North Korea has warned that the deployment of strategic nuclear weapons by the United States on the Korean Peninsula "effectively meets" the conditions for Pyongyang to use nuclear deterrents.
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China urges ‘meaningful dialogue’ amid Korean Peninsula tensions
Jul 20, 2023 06:31China has called for a “meaningful dialogue” against the backdrop of recent tensions between North Korea and the United States.
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North Korea fires two missiles after nuke-armed US submarine docks in South
Jul 19, 2023 08:01North Korea has launched two ballistic missiles into the East Sea in response to provocative US move of deploying a nuclear-armed submarine at a South Korean port, the first in decades.