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Iran reaches tech to produce 11,500 strategic refinery equipment items domestically
Tehran Times
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July 16, 2025
TEHRAN – Iran has successfully localized the production of more than 11,500 strategic refinery equipment and components, according to the managing director of South Pars Gas Complex, a key player in the country’s gas industry. Speaking to IRIB,...
Iran threatens consequences if UN sanctions are restored
Israel Today
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July 15, 2025
(JNS) Reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear program will receive an “appropriate and proportionate response,” the Iranian regime warned on Monday. Snapback sanctions would allow the international body to quickly...
Iran’s President Mandates Major Cyber Security Overhaul Amid Recent Hostilities
Al Manar
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July 16, 2025
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for a fundamental review and stronger multi-layered protection of the country’s national data in cyberspace, labeling it a critical priority for digital governance. His remarks came during a meeting...
Iran marking national welfare week
Tehran Times
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July 16, 2025
TEHRAN –National welfare week is being held across the country from July 16 to 22. This year, the week is observed with the theme ‘together for well-being; participating today, empowering tomorrow’. The head of the Welfare Organization, Seyed...
Iran's top diplomat assures China that Tehran not developing nuclear weapons
TASS
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July 16, 2025
BEIJING, July 16. /TASS/. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi assured his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that Tehran is not engaged in any activities related to the development of nuclear weapons, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry....
Iranian missile strike costs Bazan up to $200 million
CTech
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July 16, 2025
The Iranian missile that struck the Bazan compound in Haifa during Operation Rising Lion caused damage estimated at $150–200 million, the company reported to the stock exchange on Wednesday. Bazan stated that it has received an initial advance...
Khamenei says Iran will 'never surrender' to US
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday that Iran would "never surrender" to the United States, in his first remarks since a ceasefire in the war with Israel took hold. "The American president indicated in one of his statements that...
Iran seizes foreign tanker suspected of smuggling oil in Gulf of Oman
The National News
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A foreign tanker suspected of smuggling two million litres of fuel has been seized by Iran in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian media reported on Wednesday. The semi-official Mehr news agency quoted the chief justice of Iran's Hormozgan province as saying...
Azerbaijan And Syria In A Plot Against Iran? Tehran Thinks So.
Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty
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July 15, 2025
Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s visit to Baku last weekend highlighted a dramatic shift in regional alliances, prompting a mix of concern, suspicion, and strategic recalculation across Iranian media. Official statements following...
Iran’s president calls for stronger multi-layered protection of national data in cyberspace
Iran Front Page
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July 16, 2025
Speaking at a meeting of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace on Tuesday, Pezeshkian underlined the council’s vital role in enhancing service quality and addressing pressing security concerns, particularly under what he called the current sensitive...
Iran’s Diplomatic Efforts Towards China, Russia, and India at the SCO Summit
SpecialEurasia
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July 16, 2025
Executive Summary The Islamic Republic of Iran started increased its diplomatic and economic pivot towards the East, engaging intensively with Russia, China, and India during the recent SCO Summit and in the aftermath of the conflict with Israel...
Iran seizes foreign tanker smuggling 2 million litres of fuel
The Independent
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July 16, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Russia, China, Iran eying Georgia’s democratic collapse
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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July 16, 2025
By Jill Dougherty, for CNN Editor’s note: Jill Dougherty is a former CNN Moscow bureau chief, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and a CNN contributor on Russia. (CNN) — A decade ago, Georgia was the poster child of post-Soviet...
US military says Yemeni forces seized vast Iranian weapons shipment
Iran International
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July 16, 2025
CENTCOM said the National Resistance Forces (NRF) confiscated over 750 tons of advanced weaponry including anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles, warheads, hundreds of drone engines, air defense equipment, radar systems and communications...
Iran Resolved to Preserve Enrichment: FM
Tasnim News Agency
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July 16, 2025
Araqchi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov held a meeting on the sidelines of a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in China’s Tianjin on Tuesday. The two senior diplomats reviewed the...
Iran-US Negotiations: Will Non-Violence Prevail?
Antiwar
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July 16, 2025
For the first time in a generation, there was a national consensus in Iran that negotiations with the United States are necessary to resolve the issues over Iran’s nuclear program. Practically every political group and faction, as well as the...
Yemen seizes record number of Iranian weapons intended for Houthis, says U.S. CENTCOM
News.Az
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U.S. Central Command reported that its Yemeni partners successfully intercepted a "massive Iranian weapons shipment" intended for the Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Yemeni National Resistance Forces seized more than 750 tons of munitions and...
Portrush church thanks Derry-based Iranian asylum seeker whose artistic talents have put smiles on little faces
Derry Journal
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July 16, 2025
An Iranian asylum seeker has put his incredible artistic talents to good use by helping brighten up a church in Portrush. In his previous life Alborz Nobakht ran an art school in the west Iranian city of Lali but was forced to flee following a...
Barkha Bisht Joins Amar Upadhyay And Smriti Irani In Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi Reboot
ABP Live
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July 16, 2025
As excitement builds around the much-anticipated return of 'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi', another familiar face is joining the iconic television franchise. Actor Barkha Bisht has confirmed her entry into the reboot, adding to the growing buzz...
Thailand’s Industrial Confidence Dips for 4th Straight Month
MENAFN
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN) Thailand’s industrial confidence declined for the fourth consecutive month in June, pressured by escalating border disputes with Cambodia, intensified U.S. trade tariffs, and ongoing geopolitical unrest, new data revealed on Wednesday....