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Iran resolved to block eastern borders against criminals
Mehr News Agency
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August 18, 2025
Speaking on an inspection visit to the eastern borders shared with Afghanistan in Taybad County, Razavi Khorasan province, Momeni told reporters, "Today, we visited the Khorasan Razavi border wall; to be precise a section that is being built in...
Iran moves toward dramatic internal conflict and another war
Israel Today
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August 17, 2025
(Israel Hayom) Nearly two months have passed since the end of the war between Iran and Israel. Negotiations for a new nuclear deal are still stagnating, after Iranian insistence led to a deadlock. This week, France, Germany and Britain increased...
U.S. Government Just Hit Russia With Awkward "Do Not Travel" Warning Right After Rolling Out Red Carpet For Putin
The Travel
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August 18, 2025
In May 2025, the most recent U.S. travel advisory for Russia appeared on the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs' website, noting "Level 4: Do Not Travel." While this level of advisory isn't brand-new, the reminder of it is, which...
Kunduz police arrest man for harassing foreign tourists
Ariana News
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August 18, 2025
Iran’s Interior Minister, Eskandar Momeni, announced that Tehran has begun implementing a plan to repatriate two million undocumented Afghan migrants, with more than 1.2 million already having left the country through Khorasan Razavi province’s...
Iran`s President arrives in Yerevan
Arminfo
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ArmInfo. On August 18, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Yerevan on a two-day working visit. He was welcomed by RA Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan at Zvartnots International Airport. Note that the main part of the visit will take...
Pakistan, Iran ink cooperation deals to boost trade cooperation
ARY News
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August 18, 2025
TEHRAN: Pakistan and Iran on Monday signed different agreements to enhance bilateral trade and cooperation in agriculture sector. The agreements were signed during the visit of Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain...
1.2 million undocumented Afghan nationals left Iran in past year, declares interior minister
Tehran Times
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August 18, 2025
TEHRAN – Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni has announced that more than 1.2 million Afghan nationals—mostly undocumented migrants—have left Iran over the past year, with the highest number of departures recorded at the eastern borders of Khorasan...
Tehran, Islamabad set $3b target for agricultural trade
Tehran Times
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August 18, 2025
TEHRAN – Iran and Pakistan signed a joint statement pledging to expand cooperation in agriculture, trade and food security, with officials setting a goal to boost bilateral agricultural trade to $3.0 billion within two years. Iran’s Agriculture...
Hongkongers urged to avoid travel to Iran, Israel despite risk downgrade
South China Morning Post
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August 18, 2025
Hong Kong has advised residents to avoid non-essential travel to Israel and Iran despite lowering the risk levels for visiting the two countries from black to red. A government spokesman said in a statement on Monday that a red outbound travel...
Football match held between Iran, Tajikistan to boost tourism
Tehran Times
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August 18, 2025
TEHRAN-Deputy head of Tehran Tourism Department gave news of holding a football match between Iranian art stars and Tajik art stars with the aim of attracting tourists. The match took place on Sunday, August 17, at the Pas Stadium in Tehran. This...
Iran’s President outlines goals before Armenia, Belarus visits
PanARMENIAN.Net
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August 18, 2025 - 14:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian announced that his upcoming visits to Armenia and Belarus will prioritize strengthening the private sector’s role and promoting earlier agreements, particularly...
A Record of Vanishings: Neda Maghbouleh on the Stress Response of Seeing Iran Bombed
Literary Hub
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August 18, 2025
1 Article continues after advertisement I finally learn how to record my phone screen to save my aunt’s Instagram story before it vanishes. The video opens on her silver Swatch, a date and time stamp: 28 Khordad (June 17, 2025), 12:10 pm Iran...
Iran says hypersonic missiles fired at Israel as Trump demands 'unconditional surrender'
Space War
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Iran says hypersonic missiles fired at Israel as Trump demands 'unconditional surrender' by AFP Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) June 18, 2025 Iran said early Wednesday it fired hypersonic missiles at Israel in the latest round of overnight strikes...
Media: Iran using Taliban ‘kill list’ to hunt British spies
APA
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Iran’s revolutionary guards are hunting British spies using a leaked Ministry of Defence list provided by the Taliban, APA reports citing The Telegraph. A group of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officials flew to Kabul last week to...
Where Did Iran’s Arab Masses Disappear To?
Media Line
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August 18, 2025
Asharq Al-Awsat, London, August 15 A grave-like silence hangs over the Arab public, untouched by the seismic events shaking the region. No demonstrations, no protests, no sit-ins can be found across Arab capitals—an unprecedented absence, perhaps...
Israel says Iranian agents recruited dozens of its citizens
West Hawaii Today - Hawaii
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August 18, 2025
TEL AVIV, Israel — It began last summer with an unsolicited message via Telegram with an offer to make some easy money. Vladislav Victorson, 31, an Israeli living in a suburb east of Tel Aviv, took the bait. His first job, according to Israeli...
Clinging to nostalgia won't save Iran's regime from the next war
The New Arab
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August 18, 2025
Patriotism won’t fix an economic crisis, end repression, or prevent another conflict, writes Nazanine Moshiri [photo credit: Getty Images] On the streets of Tehran, the oppressive heat continues, with a drought and water crisis putting the city of...
Zahra Nader on Iran’s brutal deportations of Afghan refugees: State of Southasia #30
Himal Southasian
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In this episode of State of Southasia episode, journalist Zahra Nader, editor-in-chief of Zan Times, speaks to Himal’s associate editor Nayantara Narayanan about the rapidly escalating humanitarian emergency. Drawing from months of Zan Times’...
SACP rallies behind under fire army chief over visit to Iran
IOL
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THE South African Communist Party (SACP) has thrown its weight behind under fire South African National Defence Force (SANDF) chief General Rudzani Maphwanya, saying his recent trip to Iran was part of long-standing bilateral relations between the...
Iran 'is hunting British spies using leaked kill list' - with fears they will be captured and used as 'bargaining chips'
Daily Mail
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August 18, 2025
Iran is plotting with the Taliban to hunt down British agents using a leaked database that exposed details of MI6 spies and UK Special Forces. Officials from Iran's Revolutionary Guards flew to Kabul last week to ask Afghanistan's warlords for...