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Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Pompeo touts Iran policy in Gulf ahead of Biden presidency

7:37 pm November 22, 2020

Dubai: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended his tour of Gulf Arab states and the Trump administration’s continued efforts to squeeze Iran, even as a new US administration led by Joe Biden prepares to enter the White House in January. Although Pompeo has not taken questions from US-based reporters traveling with him over the past 10 days, he sat down with the […]

Internet disruption reported in southeast Iran amid unrest

Iran estimates it has 25 million coronavirus infections

8:26 pm July 18, 2020

Tehran: Iran’s president on Saturday estimated as many as 25 million Iranians could have been infected with the coronavirus since the outbreak’s beginning, as he urged the public to take the pandemic seriously, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Saturday. Hassan Rouhani cited a new Iranian Health Ministry study in offering the unprecedentedly high numbers. […]

US to hit all of Iran's financial sector with sanctions

Iran coronavirus death toll rises 134 to 3,294

8:14 pm April 3, 2020

Tehran: Iran on Friday announced 134 more deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the officially confirmed total to 3,294. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour told a news conference that 2,715 new infections had been confirmed in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 53,183. Iran is one of the countries worst-hit by the coronavirus […]

Iran backtracks on plan to send flight recorders to Ukraine

7:24 pm January 19, 2020

Tehran: The Iranian official leading the investigation into the Ukrainian jetliner that was accidentally shot down by the Revolutionary Guard appeared to backtrack Sunday on plans to send the flight recorders abroad for analysis, a day after saying they would be sent to Kiev. Hassan Rezaeifar was quoted by the state-run IRNA news agency as […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

US seeking to amplify voices of protest in Iran amid turmoil

9:31 pm January 12, 2020

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration on Sunday tried to amplify voices of dissent in Iran by suggesting that the Islamic Republic is under internal threat after denying and then admitting it shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said street protests in Tehran show that the Iranian people are hungry for a more […]

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