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French Conductor Leads Tehran Orchestra In Sign of Growing Ties

Growing cultural ties between Iran and Europe were on display on Wednesday night as a French-Iranian conductor became...

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Iran Blocks Telegram App Voice Calls

Iran's judiciary has blocked newly introduced voice calls on Telegram, the most popular messaging app in the country,...

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Registration to run in Iran's election on May 19 closed on Saturday, with more than 1,600 hopefuls throwing their hats...

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Iran Election Sign-Up Closes With Mayor’s Last-Minute Entry

Registration for next month's Iranian presidential election closed on Saturday, with more than 1,600 hopefuls signing...

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What Would Hardliner Raisi Mean For Iran and the World?

Ebrahim Raisi, the leading candidate for Iran's hardliners in next month's presidential election, has left many...

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Iran’s Rouhani Registers To Run For Re-Election

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the driving force behind a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, registered on Friday...

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Rouhani, Hardline Rival Register For Bruising Iran Election

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and hardline challenger Ebrahim Raisi registered on Friday as candidates in next...

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Iran Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi Registers For Election

Iranian hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi registered on Friday to run for next month's presidential election, state...

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Rouhani, Hardline Rival Register For Bruising Iran Election

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and hardline challenger Ebrahim Raisi registered on Friday as candidates in next...

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Iran Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi Registers For Election

Iranian hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi registered on Friday to run for next month's presidential election, state...

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Iran’s Ahmadinejad Registers To Run For President

Iran's former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the shock move on Wednesday of registering for next month's...

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Iran’s Former Hardline President Ahmadinejad To Run In New Elections

Iran's former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has taken the surprise move of registering to run in next month's...

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Iran’s Ahmadinejad Registers To Run For President

Iran's former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the shock move on Wednesday of registering for next month's...

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Iran’s Rouhani Defends Economic Record Ahead of Election

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani defended his economic record in a press conference on Monday but stopped short of...

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Assad Allies Threaten To Act Against Further ‘aggression’

A joint command centre made up of forces from Russia, Iran and militias backing Syrian President Bashar al Assad...

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Iran’s Rouhani Reaffirms Support For Assad In Call

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani called Bashar al-Assad to reaffirm his support for the Syrian leader in the wake of a...

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US Envoy Says Syria’s Assad Must Go After ‘chemical Attack’

Washington's UN ambassador said that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad cannot stay in power after a suspected chemical...

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UK Blames Russia For Syria Deaths

Russia is to blame for “every civilian death” in the chemical weapons attack last week in Syria, Defence Secretary...

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Trump’s Syria Strike Celebrated By ‘terrorists’, Iran Says

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has said "terrorists are celebrating" US strikes on a Syrian airbase. His comments echo...