US, Iran release prisoners in $6 billion swap deal
By Callum Paton with Shaun Tandon in New York Doha, Qatar -- The United States and Iran on Monday swapped ...
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IAEA blasts Iran over latest inspector exclusion
The United Nations nuclear watchdog on Saturday condemned the "disproportionate and unprecedented" move by Iran to withdraw accreditation from several ...
Read moreUS signs off on transfer of funds to Iran in prisoner deal
By Shaun TANDON Washington, United States -- The United States confirmed Monday it had signed off on the transfer of ...
Read moreIran arrests 8 ‘foreigners’ after deadly shooting at Shiite shrine
Iranian security forces have arrested eight foreign suspects after detaining a gunman in the killing of two people at a ...
Read moreAttack on Iran Shiite shrine leaves one dead: state media
Tehran, Iran - A shooting Sunday at a Shiite Muslim shrine in Iran's south killed at least one person and wounded ...
Read moreNaval forces in Gulf warn ships against nearing Iranian waters
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Western naval forces operating in the Gulf have warned ships sailing in the strategic Strait of ...
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Iran’s ancient ‘wind catchers’ beat the heat naturally
UNESCO says the decline in qanats is driven in part by the drying up of underground water sources due to ...
Read moreIran’s Zoroastrians keep ancient, sacred flame burning
A Zoroastrian priest dressed in white carefully added wood to a fire that has burned for centuries inside an Iranian ...
Read moreIran summons UK envoy over new sanctions
Tehran—Iran has called in Britain’s envoy in Tehran to protest against “destructive and interventionist actions” after London had announced new ...
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Xi and Putin to address Shanghai alliance, with Iran to join
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin are set to address the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation alliance on Tuesday, with Iran expected to ...
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