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Iran's Zagros Airlines commits to buying 28 Airbus aircraft

Iran'sZagrosAirlineshassignedamemorandumofunderstanding(MoU)tobuy28newAirbus(AIR.PA)planes,comprising20A320neojetsandeightA330neoaircraft,Airbussaidinastatement

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Will Syrian tensions bring up US-Russia engagement on battlefield?

Following a US fighter jet downing a Syrian government warplane, Iran launched several mid-range missiles on the same day onto Syrian territory in retaliation for the terror attack in Tehran. Two days later, another Iranian-made drone was shot down by a US F-15 fighter. Tensions over Syria have been escalated in only three days.

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Afghanistan struggling with refugee returnees as mass deportations bite

Iran is reportedly deporting hundreds of Afghans every day with the number sent back to their home country reaching 130,000 so far this year. As World Refugee Day is marked on Tuesday, Afghanistan is struggling with a growing number of returnees not only from Iran but also from Pakistan and Europe.

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Weapons found after shots fired in oil field: Saudi Arabia

SaudiArabiasaidonMondayithadseizedweaponsfromaboatcapturedaftershotswerefiredbysecurityforcesnearanoilplatformintheArabianGulf,atatimeoftensionwithIranandQatar.

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Iran launched series of missile strikes targeting eastern Syria

Iran'sRevolutionaryGuardsaiditlaunchedaseriesofmissilestrikesonDeirel-Zor,easternSyriaoverISIL-claimedattacksonTehran.TheGuard'swebsite,aswellassemi-officialnew

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Iran blames Saudi Arabia of "sponsoring terrorism"

Iran's intelligence minister on Wednesday blamed Saudi Arabia of sponsoring terrorism in the region, official IRNA news agency reported.

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Iran blames Saudi Arabia of "sponsoring terrorism"

Iran's intelligence minister on Wednesday blamed Saudi Arabia of sponsoring terrorism in the region, official IRNA news agency reported.

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Saudi king to meet Iraqi PM as regional tensions at high

ThekingofSaudiArabiaandtheIraqiprimeministerwillmeetonWednesday,aSaudinewspaperreported,theirsecondmeetingthisyearastheneighborstrytohealariftoverIraq'salliance

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In Gulf row, Trump is elephant in room

ThedeepriftbetweenQatarandmajorArabpowershastriggeredacrisis,arguablythebiggest,forthe36-year-oldGulfCooperationCouncil.AccusingDohaofsupporting"terrorism"andfi

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Qatar says Gulf citizens can stay despite tensions

QatarmovedonSundaytoavoidafurtherescalationoftensionswithitsGulfneighborsbysayingthattheircitizensare"freetoremaininthecountry."Qatar'sInteriorMinistrysaidinast

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Experts weigh in on the role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Aspartofhisfour-daystatevisittoKazakhstan,PresidentXiJinpingisattendingthe17thmeetingoftheCouncilofHeadsofStateoftheShanghaiCooperationOrganization(SCO)inAstana

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Iran says Trump reaction to attacks 'repugnant'

IrandenouncedDonaldTrump'sreactiontodeadlyIslamicStategroupattacksinTehranas"repugnant"onThursdayaftertheUSpresidentwarnedthenationisreapingwhatitsows.Thirteenp

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Opinion: Why Qatar won't let a crisis turn into a disaster

Thecurrent"diplomaticcrisis"betweenQatarandSaudiArabiaisunlikelytolastlongasbothsidesneedeachother,especiallytheQataris.TheisolationofQatarbySaudiArabiawhichwas

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48 injured in collision of subway trains in Tehran

AcollisionoftwosubwaytrainsinIran'scapitalTehranonTuesdayledtotheinjuryofatleast48passengers,Iran'sHealthMinistryannouncedinastatement.Theaccidentoccurredwhenat

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Iranian hardliners accuse Rouhani of voter fraud, interference

DefeatedhardlinecandidateEbrahimRaisihascomplainedofvoterfraudinIran'spresidentialelectionandcalledonthejudiciaryandtheelectionwatchdogtoinvestigate,thesemi-off

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Two Iranian border guards killed in Northwestern Iran

AccordingtotheTasnimnewsagency,theservicemenwereconductingachangeofguardonSaturdaynight,whentheincidentoccurred.KurdsareanethnicminorityinIran,Iraq,TurkeyandSyr

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Trump’s siding with Saudi Arabia against Iran deepens the Mideast divide

InaspeechinRiyadhostensiblybilledasseekingtounitetheMuslimworldagainstterrorism,U.S.PresidentDonaldTrumpinsteadfurtherinflamedtheShia-Sunnischismintheregionbysi