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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.
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Iran MPs condemn US blacklisting of al-Mustafa University
Dec 27, 2020 10:05Lawmakers in Majlis (parliament) have denounced illegal US sanctions on al-Mustafa International University, a religious studies institution based in the holy city of Qom.
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Over $1bn worth of Iranian petrochemical plants come on line
Dec 25, 2020 02:59The Iranian government has launched three large petrochemical plants with over $1 billion in new investment as the country pushes ahead with plans to diversify the oil and gas sector by manufacturing more valuable products.