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Gas Fuss: US threatens Pakistan with sanctions over Iran pipeline
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The US has threatened Islamabad with sanctions over Pakistan's partnership with Iran to construct a section of a gas pipeline. Ahmed Quraishi, president of the lobbying group Pak-nationalists Forum, says the US won'...
Iranian carmakers tackle Western sanctions
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Saipa rolls out three new cars for the spring. Saipa's sub-brand 151 van, Tiba 211 and a new class of Kia Pride with automated manual transition were unveiled at the presence of high-ranking officials and industrial...
N . Korea threatens ‘aggressors’ with preemptive strike, UNSC backs new sanctions
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The members of UN Security Council have unanimously agreed to step up sanctions against North Korea, a month after the Communist state carried out a third nuclear test. Just hours ahead of vote, Pyongyang threatened...
UN approves new sanctions against North Korea
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The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously for tough new sanctions against North Korea, as punishment for its latest nuclear test. Earlier, North Korea threatened to carry out a pre-emptive nuclear st...
UN expands sanctions on North Korea
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The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution that would expand sanctions against North Korea after the country threatened a potential "preemptive nuclear attack" against the US. The resolution was drafted by the...
‘US lies on Iran N-program exposed’
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An analyst says the former head of IAEA's confirmation of Iran's nuclear program as solely for peace exposes US sanctions used as a barbaric tool of war against Iran. In the background of this former IAEA chief Hans...
This Means War? N.Korea fights back South-US drills with ceasefire scrap
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North Korea has threatened to end the decades long ceasefire with its Southern neighbor if it goes ahead with its joint military drills with the US. Pyongyang also cited the US-led attempts to slap it with sanctions...
5th International Innovation Exhibition in Tehran
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The 5th Fajr International Inventions and Innovation Exhibition was held from February 4th to February 6th 2013 in Tehran. Participants from Iran and other countries gathered to showcase their inventions and interac...
Iran booming petro-chemical industry despite sanctions
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Future expansion of Iran's petrochemical products. Despite Western sanctions against Iran's oil industry, the country is planning to expand its petrochemical industry, the managing director of the National Iranian P...
‘West blocks Iran’s media out of fear’
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The West has blocked Iranian satellite television channels out of the fear that people would realize the extent of Western propaganda, an analyst says. Eutelsat's Israeli-French CEO Michel de Rosen has stepped up hi...
Carrots & Sanctions: Iran non-oil exports boom amid tough times
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Of all the economic penalties imposed on Iran over its nuclear energy program, the oil export ban has hit the country the hardest. But despite the fact it's undoubtedly damaged the economy overall - it's also helped...
Iran launches two new TV channels despite sanctions
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Two new TV channels at Iranians' homes. Iran launches Salamat and Tamasha television channels. Salamat channel broadcasts programs having to do with health, hygiene and medication while Tamasha focuses on films and ...
Anti-Iran embargo doesn’t serve West: Rodney Shakespeare
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A political analyst tells Press TV that the sanctions on Iran will not serve the long-term interest of the West, they will not break the spirit of the Iranian people and they will just create economic instability in...
‘Iran-P5+1 talks back on right track’
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A political commentator tells Press TV that the United States has 'blood on its hand' as it seeks to victimize ordinary Iranians by imposing sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Two days of talks between the Islamic R...
Iran patients bear brunt of US sanctions
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Iranian patients suffering from rare diseases are in dire conditions because of the shortage of medications caused by illegal US-engineered sanctions against the Islamic Republic, Press TV reports. Due to the unilat...
Media Blackout: Israel, Hamas ban rival journos to report from Gaza
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Israel has closed off the main supply route into Gaza, in response to recent rocket fire from the strip - the first since November's conflict. And as tensions rise, some journalists in the region are finding their w...
‘Iranians are not going to halt enriching uranium anymore’
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Tehran and P5+1 group are holding talks in the capital city of Kazakhstan over the country's peaceful nuclear energy program. Meanwhile reports coming out of Washington suggest that the US lawmakers have introduced ...