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TEHRAN ( defapress )- The Syrian Army's artillery units shelled Turkish forces' positions after the latter attacked an aid convoy heading towards the town of Afrin in Northwestern Aleppo, field sources reported on Friday.
News ID: 68820 Publish Date : 2018/02/23
TEHRAN ( defapress )- The Kurdish fighters and the Syrian Army reached an agreement to hand over control over the strategic town of Tal Rifat in Northern Aleppo to Damascus forces, a Russian media outlet reported on Friday.
News ID: 68819 Publish Date : 2018/02/23
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said the security forces will harshly counter violent law-breaking to prevent a recurrence of the recent mob attack that killed three police forces in north Tehran.
News ID: 68818 Publish Date : 2018/02/23
Diplomats:
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – The European Union will start preparing sanctions against Myanmar generals over killings of Rohingya Muslims by formally calling on the bloc’s foreign policy chief next week to draw up a list of possible names, two diplomats said.
News ID: 68817 Publish Date : 2018/02/23
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) once again confirmed Iran’s compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
News ID: 68816 Publish Date : 2018/02/23
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – The United States is due to announce its largest package of sanctions yet against North Korea to further pressure Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile program, as South Korea readies itself for more talks with the North’s officials.
News ID: 68815 Publish Date : 2018/02/23
AEOI Spox:
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – After the IAEA reaffirmed Iran’s commitments under the JCPOA on Thursday, Behrouz Kamalvandi said the Europeans need to pressure the US to meet its obligations under the JCPOA.
News ID: 68814 Publish Date : 2018/02/23
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Civil Aviation Organization of Islamic Republic of Iran (CAO.IRI) has announced that it stops operating the ATR 72 passenger planes built in 1993, after the latest plane crash.
News ID: 68813 Publish Date : 2018/02/23
Araghchi:
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – On a trip to London, UK Seyed Abbas Araghci told Iranian TV that Iran and Syria are closely working to bring calm back to parts of the Arab country which have witnessed renewed violence as a result of increased terrorist activities during the past days.
News ID: 68812 Publish Date : 2018/02/23
TEHRAN ( defapress )- The government in Bangladesh is rapidly pushing a controversial plan to relocate some 100,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar to an isolated and flood-prone island in the Bay of Bengal, where they may be stranded forever.
News ID: 68810 Publish Date : 2018/02/22
Russian FM:
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that US interference in Syria’s affairs hinders reach a solution to the crisis in the country, calling for respecting Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
News ID: 68809 Publish Date : 2018/02/22
TEHRAN ( defapress )- Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riyad Haddad told reporters on Wednesday that Turkey’s operation in Northern Syria’s Afrin is a blatant violation of Syria’s sovereignty.
News ID: 68808 Publish Date : 2018/02/22
TEHRAN ( defapress )- A CNN investigation revealed that a wide assortment of US-supplied weapons ended up for sale on an online terrorist marketplace in Syria.
News ID: 68807 Publish Date : 2018/02/22
Araghchi:
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iran says it could withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal if the “atmosphere of uncertainty” created by the new US administration continues to prevent Tehran from reaping the benefits of the multilateral accord, particularly in the business and banking sectors.
News ID: 68806 Publish Date : 2018/02/22
MoD:
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Visiting Iranian Minister of Defense and Logistical Support, Brigadier General Amir Hatami to the Republic of Azerbaijan said here on Thursday that Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to transfer defense technical knowhow and knowledge to this country.
News ID: 68805 Publish Date : 2018/02/22
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi congratulated Iran's national archery team on their victory at World Archery Indoor Championships held in Yankton, the USA.
News ID: 68804 Publish Date : 2018/02/22
TEHRAN ( defapress ) - The UN Security Council will meet at noon on Thursday to address the humanitarian crisis in the Syrian suburb of Eastern Ghouta on the edge of Damascus, the Kuwaiti mission said.
News ID: 68803 Publish Date : 2018/02/22
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani praised the Law Enforcement forces for their prudence and restraint in dealing with a recent riot in northern Tehran, in which rioters killed five security forces.
News ID: 68802 Publish Date : 2018/02/22
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – A European Commission spokesperson on Thursday called for the release of Nabeel Rajab, a Bahraini human rights activists who has recently received five additional years in jail for comments posted on social media.
News ID: 68801 Publish Date : 2018/02/22
TEHRAN ( defapress ) – Aerial attacks by the Saudi-led military coalition killed and injured dozens of civilians in two regions in Yemen.
News ID: 68799 Publish Date : 2018/02/22
