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Baeidinejad: BBC Persian partner in anti-Iran economic terrorism
London, Dec 12, IRNA - Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad said that BBC Persian is an accomplice to the US economic terrorism against Iran for providing an untrue landscape of the economic conditions in Iran and also by encouraging the people to take out their assets out of Iran.
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Indonesia looking for more trade exchanges with Iran
Kerman, Dec 12, IRNA – Indonesian Ambassador to Tehran Octavino Alimudin announced Thursday in this southern Iranian city that his country is after increasing export exchanges with Iran.
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Traditional skills of crafting and playing Dotār inscribed on UNESCO Intangible Heritage List
Tehran, Dec 12, IRNA - Traditional skills of crafting and playing Iranian musical instrument Dotār have been inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative Intangible Heritage list.
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FAO warns on state of malnutrition across world's hungriest region
Tehran, Dec 12, IRNA - Three million undernourished people in Asia and the Pacific must be lifted out of hunger each month from now on, if the region is to meet the SDG 2 Zero Hunger goal by the end of 2030, says a new report released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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Iran invites Qatar to attend Feb IONS maneuver as observer
Tehran, Dec 12, IRNA – Navy Commander of Iran Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi invited Qatar to participate in the trilateral maneuver by Tehran, Beijing and Moscow- also called the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) drills- as an observer.
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UN report on Aramco attacks is diplomatic win for Iran against the US, ex-official says
Tehran, Dec 12, IRNA- The UN report about attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities is a diplomatic win for Iran against the US, said a former Iranian ambassador to Oman on Thursday.
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Foreign juniors at wrestling contests in northwest Iran
International competitions of junior freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling with participation of 130 athletes from Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan, Qazvin, northwestern Iran, December 12, 2019. IRNA
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Great capacities of Iran's Kordestan can well host Austrian investors: Official
Sanandaj, Dec 12, IRNA – Governor General of Kordestan Bahman Moradnia says this western Iranian province has great tourism, agricultural, petrochemical and industrial capacities that can attract the foreign investors including the Austrians.
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Japan-Iran summit being finalized for Dec. 20 as Abe looks to play mediator: Japan Times
Tehran, Dec 12, IRNA - Japan and Iran are making final arrangements for their leaders to hold talks on Dec. 20, a source close to bilateral relations said Wednesday, according to "Japan Times".
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Hand-woven carpet exhibition in western Iran
An exhibition on hand-woven Persian carpets, pictorial rugs and kilim displays beautiful Iranian textile, Hamedan, western Iran, December 11, 2019. IRNA
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UN worries about extreme poverty due to healthcare costs
Tehran, Dec 12, IRNA - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that it is unacceptable and unjust that half of the world’s population still lacks access to these essential services and 100 million people are driven into extreme poverty every year due to healthcare costs.
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Leader says prayers to increase spiritual health, happiness to society
Gorgan, Dec 12, IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei highlighted on Thursday the great advantages brought to people by performing prayers and stressed that prayers will bring security, spiritual health and happiness to the society.
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Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on Dec 12
Tehran, Dec 12, IRNA – The following headlines appeared in the English-language newspapers in the Iranian capital on Thursday:
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Iranian minister urges activating North- South Corridor's capacities
Tehran, Dec 12, IRNA – Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Reza Rahmani highlighted the important role of North-South Corridor in promoting trade and economic and trade exchanges between countries in the north of Iran and south of Persian Gulf and North African states.
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Iran's day of trade, economic opportunities held in Bucharest
Belgrade, Dec 11, IRNA – Iran held a meeting in Bucharest Trade Chamber to outline the country's economic situation and investment opportunities for Romanian tradesmen.
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3.5m square meters handmade carpet woven in Iran annually
Hamedan, Dec 11, IRNA – Head of Iran National Carpet Center said on Wednesday that 3.5 million square meters of handmade carpet are woven in the country each year.
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10 countries expected to attend Takhti Int’l Wrestling Cup
Kermanshah, Dec 11, IRNA – Some 10 countries are expected to attend Takhti Int’l Wrestling Cup to be held in northwestern Kermanshah, said head of the provincial Wrestling Department.
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Iran attending Sofia Int'l Book Fair
Tehran, Dec 11, IRNA – The 47th International Sofia Book Fair is displaying diverse books from Iran in Persian, Bulgarian and English languages.
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Envoy: Ofcom confirms receiving Iran's complaint against provocative media outlets
London, Dec 11, IRNA – Iran's Ambassador to UK Hamid Baeidinejad said on Wednesday that the Office of Communications, commonly known as the Ofcom, confirmed receiving of Iran's complaint against the opponent Persian-language networks.
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Sanctions pretext for persecuting Iranian people, newly-released top researcher says
Isfahan, Dec 11, IRNA - Masoud Soleimani, a researcher at Tarbiat Modarres University, noted that the sanctions are an excuse by the US government to persecute Iranians and that the government is hostile to the Iranian people.
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ECO tourism investment opportunity forum kicks off in Kish
Kish, Dec 11, IRNA - ECO Investment Opportunities Forum commenced in Kish Island with an approach to tourism investment attended by Iranian tourism industry activists, ambassadors and representatives of ECO member-states.
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Iran to host 22nd Int'l Storytelling Fest
Tehran, Dec 11, IRNA - Iran is to host the 22nd International Storytelling Festival themed 'The Future is Constructible' in the coming days.
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Austrian composer grants valuable gift to Iran's Cinema Museum
Tehran, Dec 11, IRNA - A prominent Austrian composer and recordist, who is a guest of the Cinema Verite Film Festival, donated his old analog recorder to the Iranian Cinema Museum.
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Self-reliance in equipment most important achievement of Islamic Revolution
Tehran, Dec 11, IRNA - Deputy Coordinator for the Iranian Army Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari compared the status of today's Iranian Armed Forces to that of before the 1979 Islamic Revolution and said that the army's most important achievement after the victory of the revolution is self-reliance on equipment.
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Mousavi: Interference in Iran's internal affairs unbearable
Tehran, Dec 11, IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman stated that neither the Iranian government nor the judiciary would even accept any advice from anyone, and stressed that interference in Iran's internal affairs is unbearable.
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IRGC Cmdr says Iran to reverse process of sanctions
Tehran, Dec 11, IRNA - Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said that Iran is seeking to turn economic resistance into resistance economy to reverse sanctions, and warned the enemies that they cannot create any obstacle in the way of Iran, and the Iranian nation will overcome the obstacles.
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Pres. Rouhani to visit Japan next week
Tehran, Dec 11, IRNA - Chief of Staff of Iran's presidential office Mahmoud Vaezi announced that President Hassan Rouhani will travel to Tokyo two weeks from now.
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Austria keen to enhance all-out ties with Iran
Sanandaj, Dec 11, IRNA - Austrian ambassador to Tehran Stefan Scholz said on Wednesday that Austria is willing to expand all-out relations with Iran, describing the states as cultural superpowers in the world.
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Foreign Ministry must take action vis-à-vis remarks undermining Iran's ties with neighbors
Tehran, Sec 11, IRNA - A member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian parliament said that the members of the Commission called for that the Foreign Ministry to take action on remarks undermining Iran's foreign relations with its neighbors.
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Russian economic delegation visits Northern Iran
Sari, Dec 11, IRNA - An economic and business delegation from Russia's Samara province arrived in Mazandaran on Wednesday morning under the auspices of the deputy chairman of the province's chamber of commerce.