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Iran says home-made vaccine is safe, volunteers showed no adverse reaction
Jan 10, 2021 01:31Iranian health ministry officials say a home-made vaccine meant to tackle the COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus pandemic, has proven safe after a first trial on volunteers showed they had no serious adverse reaction to the jab.
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North Korea's Kim vows to expand overseas relations
Jan 08, 2021 06:17North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un has promised to renew inter-Korean relations and expand diplomatic ties with the outside world, during the massive ruling party congress that is underway in the capital, Pyongyang, for the first time in eight years.
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Araqchi: Iran will stop 20% enrichment if US lifts sanctions
Jan 08, 2021 04:02The Iranian deputy foreign minister for political affairs says Iran can resume its nuclear obligations “swiftly and easily” once the United States meaningfully lifts its sanctions against the Islamic Republic, adding, however, that everything depends on Washington.
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Iran expects exports for subtropical fruits to surge amid pandemic
Jan 08, 2021 03:49An Iranian agriculture ministry official says the country is expecting to earn more from the exports of subtropical fruits in the year to late March amid rising demand for such crops during the coronavirus pandemic.
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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.