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(MENAFN) Iran is moving to cushion households from the squeeze of US and Western sanctions by restraining inflation and raising food voucher allowances, government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said on Monday.

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(MENAFN) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is scheduled to travel to Russia on Monday night to participate in a summit of gas-exporting nations in Moscow and meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Iran has not walked away from negotiations with Washington, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei declared on Sunday, laying the blame on what he called US attempts to force through unilateral demands.

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(MENAFN) Iran's military announced Sunday that its air defense units had shot down a US Lucas-type drone over Bandar Abbas, a port city in southern Iran, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that the recent conflict with the United States and Israel would fundamentally alter the region, including how the Strait of Hormuz is operated and managed. "The current war has changed...

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(MENAFN) Donald Trump on Sunday threw his weight behind Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging Israelis to re-elect him and calling on Israel to see its military campaign against Iran through to the end. In a Truth Social post, the US...

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(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump on Sunday dismissed the prospect of imminent military action against Iran, insisting no attack is planned.

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(MENAFN) Sri Lanka has sent home 40 Iranian sailors evacuated from stranded merchant ships for urgent medical care, a Sri Lankan daily newspaper reported Sunday.

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(MENAFN) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held talks in Cairo on Sunday with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy, focusing on regional developments, peace through dialogue and closer cooperation between the two bodies.

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(MENAFN) Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Qalibaf said Sunday that Washington had become trapped in a difficult situation because of its own miscalculations in the war against Iran, arguing that the US must take responsibility for...

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(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump said Sunday that Washington would not launch a military strike against Iran that day, dismissing the possibility of an imminent attack.

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(MENAFN) Iran has not withdrawn from negotiations, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said Sunday, accusing Washington of pursuing one-sided demands and seeking to force Tehran to accept them.

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(MENAFN) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps cautioned on Saturday that any military move against the country, however limited, would be met with a retaliation “several times greater,” a semi-official news agency reported.

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(MENAFN) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned on Saturday that any military action against the country, even on a limited scale, would trigger a response “several times greater,” stressing that its forces were ready to respond.

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(MENAFN) Iran's army said Sunday that its air defense units had intercepted and destroyed a US Lucas-type drone over Bandar Abbas, a port city in southern Iran. According to reports, the military's public relations department said the aircraft was...

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(MENAFN) President Donald Trump is considering fresh military strikes on Iran while the United States rushes additional warships and Marines to the Middle East, a leading business newspaper reported, and intelligence officials are warning that...

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(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump said Saturday that he needs to stop killing Iranian leaders to establish who Washington is negotiating with, while again insisting that Tehran must never acquire nuclear weapons. “I gotta stop” killing Iranian...

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(MENAFN) Donald Trump declared Saturday that the United States must halt its killing of Iranian leaders so it can work out who is left to negotiate with, even as he renewed his demand that Tehran never be allowed to build nuclear weapons.

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(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump is considering renewed military strikes against Iran as Washington deploys additional warships and Marines to the Middle East, while intelligence officials warn that Iranian plots targeting American personnel...

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(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump said Saturday that military action against Iran could come as soon as “tomorrow,” while also holding out the prospect of a “big, beautiful” agreement with Tehran, as reports mount that he is weighing fresh...