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Iran, Pakistan agree to more than double their agricultural trade
Press TV
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Iran and Pakistan have agreed to more than double the value of their annual agricultural trade amid efforts by the two neighbors to bolster their political and economic cooperation. Iran’s Minister of Agriculture Jihad Gholamreza Nouri said on...
Iranian technicians overhaul engine of BK 117 helicopter
Press TV
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Iran says its local technicians have managed to carry out a complete overhaul of the engine of the BK 117 helicopter amid sanctions that restrict the country’s access to aviation parts and technologies. Iran’s civil aviation chief Hossein...
Iran To Continue Nuclear Talks With UN Watchdog After Curbing Access
StratNews Global
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August 18, 2025
Home Iran Iran To Continue Nuclear Talks With UN Watchdog After Curbing Access IAEA inspectors have been unable to access Iran's nuclear sites since Israel and the U.S. bombed them during a 12-day war in June. Iran will maintain discussions with...
Iranian mobile operator warns of daily internet blackouts without tariff hike
Iran International
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August 18, 2025
“If tariffs are not adjusted, operators will not be able to invest, and improving internet quality will be impossible,” Alireza Rafiei said on Monday. In the near future, he said, Iranians should expect scheduled internet outages just like the...
Iran resolved to block eastern borders against criminals
Mehr News Agency
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August 18, 2025
Speaking on an inspection visit to the eastern borders shared with Afghanistan in Taybad County, Razavi Khorasan province, Momeni told reporters, "Today, we visited the Khorasan Razavi border wall; to be precise a section that is being built in...
Iran says open to nuclear talks but no stop to enrichment
Africanews
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August 18, 2025
Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday that his country was ready to limit its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, like it did in 2015 during a landmark deal with world powers. "This is not something new. We have said...
Iran moves toward dramatic internal conflict and another war
Israel Today
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August 17, 2025
(Israel Hayom) Nearly two months have passed since the end of the war between Iran and Israel. Negotiations for a new nuclear deal are still stagnating, after Iranian insistence led to a deadlock. This week, France, Germany and Britain increased...
Iran’s president visits Armenia for talks on US-backed Azerbaijan corridor
St. Kitts Gazette
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August 18, 2025
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is visiting Armenia for talks on a planned corridor linking Azerbaijan near the border with his country, days after Iran said it would block the project included in a United States-brokered peace accord that...
Iran, Armenia to ink 3 MoUs in housing, transportation
Mehr News Agency
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August 18, 2025
Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh, who is accompanying President Pezeshkian on his visit to Armenia, stated that several MoUs will be inked between Iran and the Republic of Armenia in the fields of transit, housing,...
Iran Confair 2025 inaugurated in Tehran
Mehr News Agency
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August 18, 2025
The inaugural ceremony of the exhibition was attended by Minister of Roads and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh and Chairman of Iran Chamber of Cooperatives Bahman Abdollahi. In this edition of the exhibition, competent domestic and foreign...
Iran Top Adviser Says No Cease-Fire With Israel, Warns War Could Erupt ‘at Any Moment’
The New York Sun
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August 18, 2025
As Iran suffers from water and electricity shortages that threaten the stability of the Islamic regime, a top-level adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is diverting attention toward Israel, claiming that a cease-fire does not...
Tehran confirms 2025 launch of Zafar and Paya satellites aboard Russian Soyuz
Tehran Times
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August 18, 2025
TEHRAN – The head of the Iranian Space Agency has announced that the country’s Earth-observation satellites Zafar and Paya will be launched into orbit aboard Russia’s Soyuz rocket in the fall of 2025, following delays caused by foreign partners....
Papoyan: Armenia sees broad cooperation prospects with Iranian business community
Finport
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ArmInfo. Armenia highly values its good-neighborly relations with Iran and sees great potential for cooperation at both state level and between business communities. Armenian Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan made this statement during a meeting...
Businesses close as Israel’s economy drops 3.5% after war with Iran
Tehran Times
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August 18, 2025
TEHRAN – A new report shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s much-ballyhooed decision to drag Israel into a direct war with Iran cost the regime the partial or total shutdown of countless businesses, as well as dents in consumer spending,...
Steenhuisen calls for court martial after SANDF chief backs Iran
Farmer's Weekly
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August 18, 2025
Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen has called for South African National Defence Force chief General Rudzani Maphwanya to face a court martial after pledging his military and political support for Iran. Speaking at the 2025 Agri Western Cape...
Iranian Foreign Ministry announces new round of talks with IAEA
TASS
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August 18, 2025
TEHRAN, August 18. /TASS/. Talks between representatives from Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) may take place in the near future, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei said. "Possibly, in the next few days,...
"BN Briefing: Chaos erupts - National Dialogue falters, SANDF Iran blunder, Trump-Putin, Bok shock!" - BizNews
Politicsweb
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August 18, 2025
JOHANNESBURG – Five of the best read stories on BizNews.com, Monday, 18 August 2025: BN Briefing: Chaos erupts - National Dialogue falters, SANDF Iran blunder, Trump-Putin, Bok shock! The Economist - Why South Africa should scrap Black Economic...
Iran 'will continue talks' with IAEA after curbing access
The New Arab
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August 18, 2025
Iran's nuclear sites were hit by Israeli and US strikes in June, halting the possibility of IAEA inspections [Getty/file photo] Iran will continue talks with the UN nuclear watchdog and the two sides will probably have another round of...
Iran to begin new round of talks with UN nuclear watchdog
Hurriyet Daily News
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TEHRAN Iran said on Aug. 18 that a new round of talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will start in the upcoming days. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said in a press briefing that the talks will likely take place over...
Iran ensures winter supply with higher fuel reserves
Mehr News Agency
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August 18, 2025
Mohsen Paknejad noted in an interview that a major portion of natural gas in winter is consumed by households, commercial sectors, and small industries. As a result, power plants’ fuel needs will be supplemented with liquid fuel. Emphasizing the...