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Iran earned less than $20bn from crude exports in 2020: CBI chief
Jan 08, 2021 03:28Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati says the country earned less than $20 billion from crude exports in 2020 as sanctions imposed by the US continued to affect shipments.
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South Korean delegation only to discuss Iran’s frozen funds: Foreign Ministry spokesman
Jan 08, 2021 03:01Iranian Foreign Ministry says a South Korean delegation, which has arrived in Tehran, is to negotiate Iran’s frozen financial resources, rejecting an earlier report that the visit is related to the seizure of South Korea’s tanker by Iran.
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US seizes $7mn of Iran assets in latest ‘highway robbery’
Jan 06, 2021 14:25The US regime says it has seized $7 million in Iranian assets for what it called “victims of terrorism”, in the latest hostile move by outgoing President Donald Trump.
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New Venezuela parliament sworn in, US-backed Guaido out
Jan 06, 2021 07:32A new Venezuelan parliament has been sworn in, with President Nicolas Maduro’s Socialist Party consolidating control and US-backed opposition figure Juan Guaido left without a job.
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Iran-made drone successfully destroys targets on 2nd day of drill
Jan 06, 2021 07:13Iran’s Army Karrar-class drone has successfully intercepted and destroyed mock hostile targets during a large-scale drill involving combat unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
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Iran’s top banker says prepayment for COVID-19 vaccines now finalized
Jan 06, 2021 02:14Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati says the country has finally made a prepayment for purchase of vaccines to tackle COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Iran’s Defense Ministry opens electronics factory
Dec 31, 2020 05:11The Iranian Defense Ministry on Thursday inaugurated a factory manufacturing strategic electronics and telecommunication equipment.
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Iran’s pistachio exports double y/y in 3 months to December
Dec 31, 2020 04:01Iranian pistachio exports have doubled year on year in the three months to late December as exporters expect even better earnings next year with better crops and surging international demand for the nut.
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Iraq to release Iranian funds for vaccine purchase: Minister
Dec 29, 2020 15:47Iran’s Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian says he has reached an agreement with the Iraqi government authorities on how Iranian funds blocked in a commercial bank in the neighbouring country could be used by Tehran for purchase of COVID-19 vaccines from a European manufacturer.
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Iran to produce 1.5 million doses of domestic COVID-19 vaccine in 40 days
Dec 28, 2020 10:06Iran will produce one and a half million doses of a homegrown vaccine within the next 30 to 40 days, said the director of Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam after meeting with the researchers who produced the vaccine.