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Iran will resist divisive plots in Mideast: Velayati
Jul 03, 2017 15:21A senior adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran will resist any plot aimed at weakening or dividing up countries in the Middle East.
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Total seals Iran’s biggest gas deal in years
Jul 03, 2017 09:37French energy giant Total signed a multi-billion-dollar gas deal with Iran, the first by a foreign firm in more than a decade.
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Shooting near mosque wounds 8 in southeast France
Jul 03, 2017 04:33Two armed men have opened fire on people outside a mosque in southeast France, wounding at least eight people, including a seven-year-old girl.
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France’s Macron says Assad removal no longer necessary
Jun 22, 2017 01:45French President Emmanuel Macron said his country no longer deems the removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as a precondition for resolving the conflict in the Arab country.
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Total hails new format of Iranian oil deals
Jun 21, 2017 09:58Total Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne who is preparing to sign a major gas contract with Iran has hailed the country’s new format of oil sector agreements as “a real improvement”.
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French defense minister quits over fake jobs claims
Jun 20, 2017 07:54French Defense Minister Sylvie Goulard has announced her resignation over a fake jobs scandal that has hit her small centrist MoDem Party, allied with President Emmanuel Macron's party.
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Iran sees strategic gains in Total deal
Jun 18, 2017 07:25As Iran is preparing to sing a much-delayed deal with the French energy giant Total over the development of a major gas project, indications are growing that Tehran is already looking at the political messages that the deal could send to the world.
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Runoff parliamentary elections start in France, Macron’s party projected to win
Jun 18, 2017 04:45Polling stations have opened in France in the second round of parliamentary elections, as President Emmanuel Macron’s newly-established party is on its way to taking over the French Lower House.
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UK still has time to reverse Brexit decision: France
Jun 14, 2017 08:21French President Emmanuel Macron says despite Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU), the UK can still change its mind and remain a member of the bloc.
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12 people injured in Paris Molotov cocktail attack
Jun 12, 2017 04:12Twelve people, six of them police officers, were injured after a Molotov cocktail was hurled into and exploded at a restaurant in the French capital.