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China to offer $8.1bn in investment, finance to Iran’s agriculture projects
Feb 20, 2023 02:16China will offer $8.1 billion worth of investment and finance to various agriculture projects in Iran based on agreements reached between the two countries during a recent trip to Beijing by Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, according to a senior official in Iran’s Ministry of Agriculture Jihad (MAJ).
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Hezbollah: US sanctions nothing less than war as civilians, infrastructures targeted
Feb 19, 2023 06:23A high-ranking official with Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement has slammed the illegal sanctions imposed by the United States on the countries that are opposed to Washington’s policies, saying the restrictive measures are a “crime” with the same destructive effects of a “military operation.”
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Iranian fighter jet to become unmanned aircraft
Feb 19, 2023 04:22An Iranian Defense Ministry official unveiled plans to turn the homegrown stealth fighter jet “Qaher (Conqueror)” into a pilotless warplane.
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Iran launches new private airline despite aviation sanctions
Feb 19, 2023 03:23Iran has launched a new private airline despite American sanctions targeting the country’s civil aviation sector.
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Pres. Raeisi: US sought to stop Iran's progress through sanctions, but failed
Feb 18, 2023 11:59Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the United States and its Western allies sought to stop the Iranian nation's advancement by means of sanctions but failed in their attempts, describing the coercive measures as another form of warfare against the country.
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Over two dozen Arab parties demand swift removal of sanctions on Syria
Feb 17, 2023 10:34More than two dozen Arab political parties have demanded the urgent removal of all sanctions imposed by the United States and its Western allies against Syria, amid a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Syria and neighboring Turkey last week.
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UN extends sanctions on Yemen’s Ansarullah for nine months
Feb 16, 2023 05:12The UN Security Council has unanimously voted to renew for nine months its sanctions against several leaders and top officials of Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement, which has been running the Sana’a government since 2014.
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Iran allocates €400mln to importers from blocked funds in Iraq
Feb 16, 2023 03:07The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has offered some €400 million ($427 million) from its resources blocked in Iraq because of US sanctions to importers in the country more than two weeks after reports suggested that authorities were planning to use the funds for imports of food and medicine from the Arab country.
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Unilateral US sanctions taking toll on thalassemia patients in Iran: UN experts
Feb 16, 2023 02:42United Nations experts have denounced the unilateral US sanctions against Iran, which have considerably reduced access of thalassemia patients to vital medicine, causing a number of deaths.
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Only nine EU nations help with Syria's humanitarian catastrophe
Feb 15, 2023 10:05Lives have been saved in Turkey following recent earthquakes because the country had access to heavy lifting machinery. Experts say many lives were lost in Syria because sanctions prevented the country from having similar equipment. The catastrophe has just been debated in the European Parliament.